Andes is a town in Delaware County, New York, United States.
Most of Delaware County, including Andes, became part of the Hardenbergh Patent, a manor which was owned by members of the Livingston family.
In 1845, in what became known as the Anti-Rent War, protesters, several hundred dressed as "Calico Indians", shot and killed Under-Sheriff Osman Steele, when he and deputies attempted to collect rent overdue to the lord of the manor of about $64.
[3] The Jackson-Aitken Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
[4] Andes is located in southeastern Delaware County on the western edge of the Catskill Mountains.
[5] The Pepacton Reservoir, an impoundment on the East Branch Delaware River, crosses the south-central part of the town.
Notable current and former residents of Andes include: This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.