Alma is a town in Allegany County, New York, United States.

One source credits it to Charles Wyvell's interest in the Battle of the Alma, while another attributes it to Stephen O.

[3] The Town of Alma is on the southern edge of Allegany County and is southwest of the Village of Wellsville.

[3] From 1881 to January 1893, several of the settlements in the Township (most notably Allentown) were on the Wellsville-Eldred Main Line of the Bradford, Eldred & Cuba Railroad (BE&C).

The BE&C was a 36" narrow-gauge railroad built to serve the Allegany County oil boom.

With the end of the boom and loss of the passenger and freight traffic therefrom, the railroad entered receivership (bankruptcy) and was abandoned.

New York State Route 417 (NY 417) crosses the north part of the town.