Hamden is a town in Delaware County, New York, United States.

The first mention of a baseball game in an American newspaper was for a game to be played in Hamden: The following notice appears in the July 13‚ 1825 edition of the Delhi Gazette: "The undersigned‚ all residents of the new town of Hamden‚ with the exception of Asa Howland‚ who has recently removed to Delhi‚ challenge an equal number of persons of any town in the County of Delaware‚ to meet them at any time at the house of Edward B. Chace‚ in said town‚ to play the game of Bass-Ball‚ for the sum of one dollar each per game."

(as noted by Tom Heitz and John Thorn).The Hamden Covered Bridge and Schoolhouse No.

[4] The West Branch Delaware River flows across the center of the town.

Hamden Town Hall is on NYS Highway 10 at the junction of County Rt.

28.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.