Gloversville is a city in the Mohawk Valley region of Upstate New York, United States.

It was due to Johnson where the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy remained allied with England during the French and Indian War.

In reward, Johnson was granted the Kingsborough Tract, a large parcel of land which was settled by Scottish Highlanders.

Puritans from New England settled there at the end of the 18th century, utilizing the houses and cleared land that had been left behind when the Highlanders emigrated.

"[8] In 1852 Gloversville had a population of 1,318 living on 525 acres in 250 small wood-frame houses centered on the "Four Corners" formed by the intersection of Main and Fulton Streets.

[7] The proximity of hemlock forests to supply bark for tanning made the community a center of leather production early in its history: there were already 40 small glove and mitten factories there by 1852.

Glove-making operations had gradually changed from being home-based to being factory-based, and large tanneries and glove shops employed nearly 80% of the residents of Gloversville area.

Related businesses, such as box makers, sewing machine repairmen, and thread dealers opened to serve the industry.

In 1932, in a bold move during the Great Depression it acquired unique bullet cars in an attempt to revive the economy.

[12] From the 1950s onwards, the decline of the glove industry left the city more and more deindustrialized and financially depressed, with many downtown storefronts abandoned and store windows covered with plywood.

[16] The city, along with the Fulton County Center for Regional Growth, also began expanding digital marketing to attract new residents and businesses from throughout New York State in efforts to diversify.

New York State Route 30A is a north–south highway along the eastern edge of the city, leading south 4 miles (6 km) into Johnstown and northeast 5 miles (8 km) to Mayfield at the southwestern end of Great Sacandaga Lake.

Another north–south highway, New York State Route 309 (Bleecker Street), has its southern terminus at NY-29A in the center of Gloversville.

Gloversville experiences the warmer summer temperatures common throughout the Capital Region, Hudson Valley, and Mohawk Valley while experiencing generally more copious precipitation throughout the year than the Capital Region.

The Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Fallfest, and Railfest all take place in the park, as well as concerts in the summer.

The largest religion that does exist in Gloversville and its surrounding area is Christianity, mainly served by the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, United Methodist and Presbyterian churches.

Conservative evangelical churches in the area are the Southern Baptist Convention and Assemblies of God.

The second largest religious group is Judaism, followed by adherents of eastern religions including Hinduism and Buddhism.

[28][29] During the late 2010s and early 2020, the city has proposed numerous economic redevelopment plans to stem its decline.