Olmstedville, New York

Olmstedville is a hamlet in the town of Minerva in Essex County, New York, United States, in Adirondack Park.

Historically, it has been the largest settlement in the town of Minerva. Today, it has its own post office and Minerva Central School is located there. One of two stations of Minerva Fire & Rescue is also located in Olmstedville. Community still remains as a largest hamlet in the town.

Olmstedville was the home of Wesley Barnes who as a member of the New York State Assembly, sponsored the resolution creating the New York State Forest Preserve in 1885. It was also home to Francis Donnelly who at the time of his death in 1980 was the longest continually serving town elected official in the United States having served as the Town of Minerva Supervisor and as that town's representative at the county level for 46 years.

Municipalities and communities of Essex County, New York, United States

County seat: Elizabethtown

Towns	Chesterfield Crown Point Elizabethtown Essex Jay Keene Lewis Minerva Moriah Newcomb North Elba North Hudson Schroon St. Armand Ticonderoga Westport Willsboro Wilmington

Villages	Lake Placid Port Henry Saranac Lake‡

CDPs	Elizabethtown Keeseville‡ Mineville Schroon Lake Ticonderoga Westport Willsboro Wilmington Witherbee

Other hamlets	Bloomingdale North Pole Olmstedville Port Kent

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 43°46′17″N 73°55′52″W / 43.77139°N 73.93111°W / 43.77139; -73.93111

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