Windham, NY

Windham is a town in Greene County, New York, United States. The 2020 census counted 1,708 residents. The town was probably named for the town or county of Windham, Connecticut, as many of its earliest settlers came from that state as well as other parts of New England. The town has two nicknames: "Land in the Sky" and "Gem of the Catskills". Windham'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 Windham's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Windham is in the west-central part of the county on the northern boundary of the Catskill Park. The region was first settled around 1780. The town is in the Catskill Mountains and partly within the Catskill State Park.