Laurens is a village in Otsego County, New York, United States.

[2] In 1860, the village had a population of 726 and contained a tannery, an iron foundry, a sawmill, and a cotton mill that was powered by water from Gilbert Lake, north of the town line in New Lisbon.

A logging operator named Emmons Peck from Carbondale, Pennsylvania, would ship tanning bark and nine million feet of lumber from his mill at Gilbert Lake by horse and wagon to the Laurens station by 1909, employing many men.

[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.1 square mile (0.3 km2), all land.

The village is located at the junction of County Roads, 10, 11, and 12 near Otego Creek.

New York State Route 205 runs just outside the eastern end of the village.