Ames, NY

Ames is a village in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The 2020 census counted 138 residents. Ames is within Canajoharie. As of 2025, it is the smallest village in upstate New York. In Ames, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Ames, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Unlike other communities in the region, settled by Germans, Ames was settled by pioneers from New England around 1779. The village was incorporated in 1924. Ames is in southwestern Montgomery County, in the southern part of Canajoharie.