Nelliston, NY

Nelliston is a village in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The 2020 census counted 555 residents. The name is from members of the Nellis family. Nelliston is in Palatine and is west of Amsterdam. Nelliston's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider New York setting. The local scoop is how Nelliston's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The Erie Canal passes the village. Andrew Nellis, founder of the Nellis family in the area, came to what is now Palatine in 1722. Fort Fox and Fort Wagner were built at this location during the late colonial period.