The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town was part of the Sacandaga Patent of 1741. It was first settled by Europeans c. 1770, near the location of the present Broadalbin village.
Castle Cumberland was a short-lived fortification in the town during the American Revolutionary War.
Broadalbin was created from the towns of Johnstown and Mayfield in 1793, before Fulton County was formed. In 1799, part of Broadalbin was used to form the town of Northampton. Broadalbin lost the southern part of the town in 1842 to form Perth.
When the Great Sacandaga Lake was created in 1930, some of the town's land was covered with water, including the Sacondaga Vlaie, a broad expanse of marshy land.
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2000
Nothing in Broadalbin is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Broadalbin has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hotel Broadalbin in Broadalbin, 0.3 miles away.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.