Editing Roxbury, New York (section)

== History ==
The town of Roxbury was formed in 1799 from the town of [[Stamford, New York|Stamford]]. It was part of Albany county when the state of New York was first split into counties.

Roxbury was the birthplace and the home of [[Natural history|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 (Roxbury, New York)|Main Street Historic District]] includes the Jay Gould Memorial Church and was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1988.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="nris"/>

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.