North Blenheim, NY

North Blenheim is a hamlet in Blenheim, Schoharie County, New York, United States. The 2020 census counted 54 residents. North Blenheim had the longest wooden, single-span covered bridge in the United States, the Old Blenheim Bridge. North Blenheim was built in 1855 and remained intact until 2011, when it was destroyed by flooding caused by Hurricane Irene. A newcomer can read North Blenheim through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, North Blenheim comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. The "Blenheim Gilboa Power Project Visitors Center" is also located there.