Editing Edinburg, New York (section)

== History ==
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Edinburg is located within the [[Adirondack Park]] on the shores of Great Sacandaga Lake in northwestern Saratoga County.
    
The first recorded European settlers arrived in the [[Sacandaga River]] Valley area via Fish House in 1787. Abijah Stark came with his family from [[Coleraine]], [[Massachusetts]] and settled north of Fish House near the Providence town line. They were followed shortly by the Andersons, West Cotts, Randall and Bass families.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Priscilla |title=Town of Edinburg History |url=http://edinburgny.com/History.html |website=Town of Edinburg}}</ref>

Many of the first settlers moved to the valley during the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. The cheap land and occasions for a better work-life made it a suitable place for settlement. 
    
Settlement on the west side of the river near Beecher's Hollow started in the early 1790s with the Sumner, Barker, Deming, and Partridge families. Batchellerville on the east side started in the late 1790s and early 1800s with the Noyes, Gordon, Batcheller and DeGolia families.
  
The town was originally part of the Town of Providence, but the area quickly grew. In 1801, the settlers decided that the town was big enough for a name of its own, and was named Northfield at an informal meeting held on March 13, 1801. In 1808, it was renamed Edinburgh because another Northfield was discovered in New York.

The first town meeting took place on April 7, 1801. During this meeting, several laws were established, including raising $50.00 to support the town's poor and allowing hogs to roam freely. In a town meeting held in 1802, it was decided that hogs could still roam freely but must wear a sturdy collar called a "yoak". Additionally, male hogs over two months old were not allowed to roam freely from May 1 to December 25. If a male hog was found roaming during this period, the owner had to pay $1.00 or forfeit the hog.

Ram sheep were also restricted from running at large from September until November. By March 1824 fence viewers were paid $.75 per day.

In February 1825, there was a special meeting, and it was voted unanimously that "we do not wish to comply with the Acts of the Legislature for the erection of a county poor house."
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Farming, logging and [[wiktionary:woodenware#English|woodenware]] manufacturing were the three largest industries. Batchellerville became a manufacturing community, having several large woodenware mills. The area on the west side of the river tended to be more farming-oriented, although some manufacturing was done in Beecher's Hollow and Tennantville. These two areas had large saw and woodenware mills.

The town was divided into several communities, most of which had their own school and often a cemetery as well. Some of these besides Beecher's Hollow and Batchellerville were: Tennantville, Edinburgh Hill, Clarkville, Sand Hill, Cold Brook, Anderson, and Partridge Districts. Industry prospered until early in the 1880s when several fires destroyed many of the mills and about one-third of the population moved elsewhere to seek jobs.
 
In the early 1920s, the town lost more of its population in response to the construction of a dam that would flood the valley.

On March 27, 1930, the gates on the [[Conklingville Dam]] were closed and by 1931 the valley and surrounding communities on the banks of the river were displaced as the [[Sacandaga Reservoir]] was created.
 
Located in northwestern part of Saratoga County, Edinburg has one of the few covered bridges left in New York State, the only one left in the county. Today the shores of the reservoir, renamed The Great Sacandaga Lake in the 1960's, are dotted with hundreds of seasonal homes. Two farms remain from the original buildings. Logging and tourism are the major industries.