Galway, NY

Galway is a town located in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The 2020 census counted 3,525 residents. The town contains a village also named Galway. Both the town and village are located in the western part of the county, north of Schenectady. The elementary school is called Joseph Henry Elementary, the middle and high school are known as Galway Junior Senior High School as of 2011, although formerly known as Galway Middle School and Galway High School. The short version is that Galway carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now.

That is the local read on Galway: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Galway is a rural community with a mixture of small business, farming, and residential homes. The region was first settled in October 1774 on the corner of what is today known as Donnan and Sacandaga Roads in the southern section of town, outside of Galway village. " Providence was taken off the north part of Galway in 1796.