The town is noted as "the snowshoe capital of the world"[5] and is home to Palmer Falls where the Hudson River passes through the Palmertown Range.

Around 1763, after the French and Indian War, Ebenezer Jessup and his brother Edward from Luzerne began lumbering operations in the area.

The first permanent settlement in this area was around 1777, when Joseph Eggleston moved from Wilton to escape British raiders.

John W. Taylor moved from Charlton to Jessup's Landing around 1808 and helped organize the Town of Corinth in 1818.

[8] Around 1790 Ambrose Clothier moved from Connecticut and built a cabin near Lake Bonita on Mount McGregor.

[8] A third area of settlement was South Corinth (originally Chapman's Corners) along the Kayaderosseras Creek near the border with Greenfield.

Other early settlers were Benjamin Carpenter, Nathaniel Edwards, Frederick Parkman, Jeremiah Eddy, John Purqua, and Washington Chapman.

Burleigh published a perspective map of Corinth and Palmer Falls in 1888 along with an identifying list of landmarks.

The Saratoga and North Creek Railway used to stop in Corinth once daily northbound and southbound on Saturday and Sunday in May and June, and Friday through Tuesday in July through October.

[11] Other industries included a sawmill and excelsior plant, a chair factory, and a sand, crushed-stone, and gravel operation.

[8] In 1805, Washington Chapman built a woolen mill in South Corinth, which was later converted to producing nuts and bolts.

Two sawmills nearby produced two thousand cords of hemlock bark and two million feet of lumber annually.