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Averill Park, Sand Lake and West Sand Lake
Town of Sand LakeRensselaer County, New York

Office

Office of the Town Historian

Collecting, preserving and making available materials relating to the history of the community.

The Town Historian

The Town Historian of Sand Lake is an official of the local government appointed by the Supervisor. The Town Historian's duties include collecting, preserving and making available materials relating to the history of the community. The historian also is responsible for preserving current records for the future.

What the Historian can help with

The Sand Lake Town Historian can provide information about and access to many different historical assets related to the town, including:

  • Historical documents
  • Historical photos
  • Cemetery records
  • Maps
  • Deeds
  • Genealogy files of Sand Lake families
  • Town news items from local newspapers and the Advertiser
  • Artifacts and business records from Faith Mills, Glass Works and other businesses
  • Records from community organizations
  • Oral history recordings
  • The Sand Lake Historical Society and its website, meetings and events.

The Town Historian is also interested in learning about and receiving historical materials from residents of Sand Lake.

Online collections

Follow this link to visit the Town's CatalogIt Hub website to virtually tour many of the historical collections of the Town of Sand Lake and the Sand Lake Historical Society.

Who Killed Hazel Drew DVD

DVD's available from Town Historian Bob Moore for $15.00

Call Bob @ 518-674-2026 Ext. 120

History of Sand Lake

Painting of a nineteenth-century village street with a stagecoach and carriages, white houses along a lake shore, and wooded hills under an orange sky.
Joseph Hidley's "View of Glass Lake" c. 1855

The Town of Sand Lake has a rich history behind its humble beginnings of development and growth.

The full history of the town begins with the Dutch settlements of upstate New York but the true birthday of the Town of Sand Lake is March 1, 1813. On that date, by an act of the legislature on March 21, 1812, the towns of Greenbush and Berlin were divided to form three towns; Greenbush, the new town of Sand Lake and Berlin.

Read the detailed history of the Town's origins and development

Source: townofsandlake.us/townhistorian, copied November 11, 2026. The source page gives the office phone as "674-2026 ext. 120" without the area code; the Hazel Drew notice on the same page gives 518-674-2026 Ext. 120.