Editing Jeffersonville, New York (section)

== History ==
The original settlers arrived {{circa|1830}} and called the village '''Winkelried'''.<ref name="jeffersonvilleny.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.jeffersonvilleny.com/synopsis_of_jeffersonville.html |title=Jeffersonville, New York, Catskill Mountains |website=www.jeffersonvilleny.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204095039/http://www.jeffersonvilleny.com/synopsis_of_jeffersonville.html |archive-date=December 4, 2008}}</ref>

The first hotel in the village was The Jefferson House, named after President Jefferson, and the village was subsequently renamed to Jeffersonville.  The hotel is now known as the Abel Building and still stands on Main St.<ref name="jeffersonvilleny.com"/>

In 1897 and 1898, a total of bills from hotels and saloons in town showed that 3000 kegs of beer were consumed in a village with a population of 500.

The village was incorporated on November 24, 1924.<ref name="jeffersonvilleny.com"/>

In June 1974, [[Patty Hearst]] was kept in a home in Jeffersonville that was rented by Nicki Scott, a [[Symbionese Liberation Army]] ally. Patty Hearst described Jeff as "remote and as near nowhere in particular." (Times Herald Record, June 1974). During her days in captivity in Jeffersonville, it was rumored that she trained in guerrilla warfare.

The [[Jeffersonville School]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2008.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>