Pottersville, New York

Pottersville is a hamlet and census-designated place in Chester, Warren County, New York, United States.

These numbers are similar when compared to New York's national average of 51.61% female and 48.39% male.

(USA.com) Along with the Chestertown and Horicon, Pottersville students are zoned to North Warren Central School.

Pottersville is subject to cooler, more temperate weather due to its location in Adirondack State Park.

The lakes in the area greatly contribute to the humidity in the summer months (late May through August), thus contributing to the rapid and unforeseen change in weather and large quantities of precipitation the area gets in relation to the national average.

Snow typically begins to fall in late October and continues until the later days of April/early May.

Despite the long winter season, it is estimated that the sun shines 60 to 70 percent of daylight hours during the summer months.

Pottersville was founded on March 25, 1799, as a part of the Town of Chester, Warren County.

The town was mainly agricultural; most families owned livestock, such as sheep, for access to clothing material.

Carding mills and tanneries were eventually built as the first forms of manufacturing outside of the home.

Travelers would often stop in at the Wells House (built in 1845 by Joseph Hotchkiss) which offered memorable hospitality as a hotel.

The Wells House offered fish dinners caught on Schroon Lake and venison from the surrounding forests.

Some of the festivities of the 1913 Pottersville Fair included watching 400 automobiles parade through the streets, along with an Ox race, music, a dog and pony show, and a contortionist, with an audience of about 7,000 people.