Editing Charleston, New York (section)

== History ==
Parts of Charleston were in Corry's Patent (1737), Stone Heap Patent (1770), and Thomas Machin's Patent (1787). Settlers began arriving before the [[American Revolution]].

The Town of Charleston was formed by a division of the original "Town of Mohawk" in 1793. This division, which also created the town of [[Florida, Montgomery County, New York|Florida]], terminated Mohawk as a town until [[Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York|another town with that name]] was created in 1837. Charleston was reduced in size in 1823, when the towns of [[Glen, New York|Glen]] and [[Root, New York|Root]] (in part) were established.

The [[First Baptist Church (Charleston, New York)|First Baptist Church]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1994.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref>