Preston is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States.

[3] Preston is an interior town of Chenango County and is west of the city of Norwich.

The botanist Frederick Vernon Coville (1867–1937), author of Botany of the Death Valley Expedition, was born in Preston.

[3] As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 928 people, 344 households, and 243 families residing in the town.

22.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.