The Town of Roxbury is located in northeastern Delaware County and borders Schoharie and Greene counties. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 87.6 square miles and a 2010 Census population of 2,502 people.

The town includes the hamlets Roxbury, Grand Gorge, Grand Gorge Station, Hardscrabble, Hubbell Corners, More Settlement, and West Settlement.

History

Roxbury was the birthplace and the home of naturalist John Burroughs. A memorial site has been placed by his birthplace. Jay Gould, the railroad financier, was also born in the town. The Main Street Historic District includes the Jay Gould Memorial Church and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Other sites on the National Register include the First Old School Baptist Church of Roxbury and Vega Cemetery, Isaac Hardenbergh House, Second Old School Baptist Church of Roxbury, Walter Stratton House, and Ulster and Delaware Railroad Depot and Mill Complex.

Author Walter R. Brooks of Mister Ed fame was a resident. He began visiting Roxbury in 1937, and he and his wife Anne moved to a home on Main Street in 1948, where he lived until his death in 1958. He wrote a number of books while in Roxbury, including many titles in the popular "Freddy the Pig" series.

Contact Information

Town Hall

53960 State Highway 30, Roxbury

607.326.7641

TownClerk@RoxburyNY.com

www.RoxburyNY.com

Points of Interest

Woodchuck Lodge and Burroughs Memorial Field

1633 Burroughs Memorial Road, Roxbury

https://www.burroughshomestead.com/

Roxbury Arts Group, Inc.

Vega Mountain Road, Roxbury

www.roxburyartsgroup.org

Plattekill Mountain

Plattekill Mountain Road, Roxbury

www.plattekill.com

Shepard Hills Golf Course

562 Shepard Hills Road, Roxbury

https://www.shephardhills.com/

Roxbury Library

53742 State Highway 30, Roxbury

http://roxburylibraryonline.com/

Churches

Grand Gorge Pilgrim Holiness Church

37283 State Highway 23, Grand Gorge

United Methodist Churches

53761 State Highway 30, Roxbury

37264 State Highway 23, Grand Gorge

Jay Gould Memorial Reformed Church

53837 State Highway 30, Roxbury

https://www.gouldchurch.org/

St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church

60676 State Highway 30, Grand Gorge

https://www.rcda.org/parishes/parish/st-philip-neri-church-grand-gorge-ny

Schools

Roxbury Central Schools

53729 State Highway 30, Roxbury

https://www.roxburycs.org/

Otsego Northern Catskills BOCES

2020 Jump Brook Road, Grand Gorge

https://www.oncboces.org/