Editing Queensbury, New York (section)

==History==
The roots of Queensbury trace back to the Queensbury Patent in 1762, a colonial land grant authorized by the British Crown. It was designed to encourage settlement in the area near the southern Adirondack foothills, close to Lake George and the Hudson River. This patent,  named in honor of Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III, successfully attracted [[Quakers|Quaker]] settlers the following year in 1763. Quaker families began to move into the area, clearing land and establishing farms and homesteads. In 1777, their peaceful existence was disrupted by the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. The Quakers, known for their pacifist beliefs, abandoned Queensbury during the war due to hostilities and the proximity to military campaigns. The region was largely uninhabited during this period. Following the end of the war, the Quakers returned to Queensbury in 1783 and resumed their settlement efforts.<ref name="oneida"/>

In 1786, the settlement was re-established as the town of Queensbury. In 1788, the town included all of what is today Warren County. It lost territory in 1792 when the town of Fairfield ([[Lake Luzerne, New York|Lake Luzerne]]) was formed and again in 1810 to form part of the town of Caldwell ([[Lake George (town), New York|Lake George]]). In 1908, the then largest [[Administrative divisions of New York (state)#Village|village]] within Queensbury, Glens Falls, incorporated as a city and became a separate municipality.<ref name="oneida"/><ref name="book">{{cite book|title=Bridging The Years: Glens Falls, New York 1763-1978|year=1978|publisher=Glens Falls Historical Association|location=Glens Falls, NY|isbn=0-8081-3885-5}} 
</ref> The population of Queensbury has exceeded that of Glens Falls since the [[1980 United States census|1980 Census]].<ref name="1990census">{{cite web |title=1990 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-1-1.pdf#page=538 |access-date=July 12, 2010 |publisher=Bureau of the Census |page=526/PDF p. 538 (Table 45)}}</ref>

In 2003, with permission from Queensbury,<ref name="cede">{{cite news|url=http://poststar.com/news/local/article_61989812-7f07-56cb-93b7-0af4dc87f0f3.html|title=Town to cede industrial park|newspaper=The Post-Star|first=Thom|last=Randall|date=May 21, 2003|access-date=July 14, 2010}}</ref> Glens Falls annexed approximately {{convert|49|acre|km2}} of the town. The land, known as Veterans Field<ref name="annex"/> or the Northway Industrial Park, is on Veterans Road between Luzerne Road and Sherman Avenue<ref name="cede"/> and is just east of I-87.<ref name="yahoomap-annex">{{cite map |url=http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=h&lat=43.305962&lon=-73.671698&zoom=17|title=Overview of 2003 Annexation|publisher=Yahoo! Inc.|cartography=NAVTEQ|access-date=February 27, 2011}}</ref> The land was vacant at the time.<ref name="cede"/> A thin, {{convert|0.5|mi|km}} strip of Sherman Avenue<ref name="sharesherman">{{cite news|url=http://poststar.com/news/local/article_24deb54a-1b50-5abb-9a2f-067a7f701011.html|title=City, town to share Sherman Avenue strip|newspaper=The Post-Star|date=April 4, 2002|first=John|last=Gereau|access-date=July 14, 2010}}</ref> was part of this annexation,<ref name="annex">{{cite news |url=http://poststar.com/news/local/article_7674a112-a94e-5050-b148-ea1d6decafb9.html|title=Glens Falls Common Council|newspaper=The Post-Star|date=October 26, 2003|first=Maury|last=Thompson|access-date=July 14, 2010}}</ref> in order to comply with state law regarding contiguity of annexed land. Both the city and town now share ownership of this stretch of highway as a result.<ref name="sharesherman"/>

The [[Sanford House (Queensbury, New York)|Sanford House]] and [[Asa Stower House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>