Witherbee, NY

Witherbee is a hamlet and census-designated place in Moriah in Essex County, New York, United States. The 2020 census counted 385 residents. Prior to 2010 the hamlet was part of the Mineville-Witherbee CDP. Newport Pond, a 25 acre pond beside County Road 6 west of Witherbee, is namesake of a former royal fish pond in Newport, Essex, England, original manor of the Howland family ancestor John Howland, 1st Lord Newport Pond of Essex, England. A newcomer can read Witherbee through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Witherbee comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. The Witherbee Memorial Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. Witherbee is located in the northern part of Moriah and is bordered to the north by the hamlet of Mineville. Witherbee is 5 miles northwest of Port Henry, the largest settlement in Moriah.