Place:Andes (town), Delaware, New York, United States

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NameAndes (town)
Alt namesAndes
TypeTown
Coordinates42.183°N 74.783°W
Located inDelaware, New York, United States
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Andes is a town in Delaware County, New York, United States. The population was 1,301 at the 2010 census.

The town of Andes contains a hamlet (formerly a village) also named Andes. The town is on the southeastern border of the county.

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History

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Settlement began in 1784. The town was formed in 1819. Most of Delaware County, including Andes, became part of the Hardenbergh Patent, a manor which was owned by members of the Livingston family. The town was named after the Andes brothers, four English immigrants of mainly Irish descent, who founded one of the first grain trading organizations in America, not the Andes mountains. In 1845, in what became known as the Anti-Rent War, protesters, several hundred dressed as "Calico Indians", shot and killed Under-Sheriff Osman Steele, when he and deputies attempted to collect rent overdue to the lord of the manor of about $64. Hundreds of protesters were arrested and two were sentenced to death, but their sentences were later commuted.

On December 31, 2003, the incorporated village of Andes ceased to exist. During a special village election on June 3, 2002, the residents approved the dissolution of the village by a vote of 81 to 63.

The Jackson-Aitken Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

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  • Outstanding guide to Andes family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, town histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
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