Editing Pittsfield, New York (section)

== History ==
The town was first settled ''circa'' 1793.

The Town of Pittsfield was formed from part of the [[Burlington, New York|Town of Burlington]] in 1797. Its territory was reduced twice, in 1806 to form the [[New Lisbon, New York|Town of New Lisbon]], and in 1859 to form part of the [[Morris, New York|Town of Morris]]. The Noble family from [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]], named it for their old home, which they settled in the Pittsfield Centre vicinity.

The hamlet of Pittsfield, or "Pittsfield Centre," had an unmanned whistle stop station and siding on the Ontario & Western RR branch to Edmeston from New Berlin, which the Unadilla Valley RR later purchased. During World War I, Richard Freeman and Charles Walton shipped lumber by the carload from here, milled over in Ketchum.

Ketchum takes its name from the Rev. Orvib Ketchum, who founded a congregational church on the headwaters of Aldrich Creek in the eastern part of town. The Wyoming Conference later sold the church to the Americana Village near Hamilton, NY. A schoolhouse, a store, several steam sawmills, and a cemetery also existed here. The Ball family operated several "rope walks" nearby, wounding hemp into twine and then rope.

Locals refer to County Route 13 between Morris and New Berlin as "the turnpike." Originally constructed in 1832, it was the last section to operate a tollgate because it was the most expensive to build.

Ebenezer Chapel, near the southwest border, was coincidentally named after a nearby resident and was a small settlement known initially as "Hayti" at one time. In 1956, a nearby house made statewide news when a moonshine still was busted up.

The [[Beardslee Farm]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2000.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>