Bloodville, New York

Bloodville is a hamlet of Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, New York, United States.

It is named after Isaiah Blood, who operated the Ballston Axe & Scythe Works beginning in 1831.

The factories were located on the Kayaderosseras Creek just north of Ballston Spa, and consisted of the lower mill, for the manufacture of axes, and the upper mill, for the manufacture of scythes.

[1] From Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester's "History of Saratoga County, New York," 1878: The edge tool property remained in the hands of its founders until Blood's death in November, 1870; it then passed into the hands of his son-in-law, Henry Knickerbocker, a banker and broker in New York.

[2]Bloodville also contained the lumber-yard, planing mill, and sash factory of Benjamin Barber, who was the inventor and manufacturer of a popular and nationally renowned water wheel.