Bath is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States, with an area of 96.3 square miles (249 km2) and a population of 11,426 in 2020.

[2] Its largest settlement is the Village of Bath, which has an area of 2.9 sq mi (7.5 km2) and a population of 5,641 (in 2000).

The town was founded in 1793 and was part of a land investment by wealthy Briton William Pulteney, and named after Bath, Somerset in England, where he owned extensive estates.

[3] The first jailhouse was built in 1796 which was constructed out of logs at a location just west of Pulteney Square.

The Cohocton River flows through the town past the hamlet of Kanona and the villages of Bath and Savona.

It is the site of Bath VA Medical Center, established in 1877 and dedicated in 1879 as New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home.

Bath has an annual dairy festival in June to celebrate the strong dairy-based economy of the area.