Ames is a village in Montgomery County, New York, United States.

The Ames Academy Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2), all land.

22.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 8.7% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.2% of those under the age of eighteen and 16.7% of those sixty-five or over.