The Ancram Town Hall is open to the public. It is recommended you call ahead to make an appointment with the town official you want to see. To set up an appointment at Town Hall, call 518‐329‐6512. Wearing a mask is recommended when you visit Town Hall.
Recent Information & Documents
- Ancram Intersection Evaluation Study
- Spring 2024 Newsletter
- 2024 Budget Information (and past archive)
- Updated-2023 Fee Schedule
- Local Law #6 of 2023 Revised Zoning Law Adopted December 21, 2023
- Summary of Local Law 6 of 2023
2023
- Fall 2023 Newsletter
- 2023 Employee Handbook
- Local Law # 3 of 2023 - Senior Property Tax Exemptions
- Local Law # 4 of 2023 - Disabled/Low Income Property Tax Exemptions
- Local Law # 5 of 2023 - Volunteer Firefighter & Ambulance Worker Property Tax Exemptions
- 2023 Ancram Directory
- Town of Ancram 2023 Revaluation Information
- 2023 Organizational Resolutions, updated 2023-04-19
- Town of Ancram Code of Conduct
- Code of Conduct Incident Report Form
- 2023 Financial Process Manual
- 2023 Purchasing Policy
Local Law #1 of 2023 - Volunteer Firefighter and Volunteer Ambulance Workers Real Property Tax Exemption
2022
- Ancram Historic Banner Project
- Local Law #4 of 2022 - ANHNA Financial Support
- Local Law #5 of 2022 - Virtual Public Meetings
- Attorney's Report - Investigation of Disrespectful Behavior
- Ancram ARPA Investment Plan
- Revised 2022-2026 Capital Plan
- 2022 Organizational Resolutions
- See 2022 Zoning Document history on Laws Archive Page
2020-2021
- Cover Letter - Zoning Petition - Iron Star Zoning Map Amendment
- Petition for Zoning Map Amendment with Exhibit
- Abstract of Local Law #1 of 2021 (Solar Law) Local Law # 1 of 2021 (Solar Law)
- Local Law # 1 of 2021 (Solar Law)
- Standard Workday Resolution
- Solarize Ancram Information
- The Forests of Ancram - New CAC Document
- Updated 2021 Policy Documents (Fee Schedule, Employee handbook, Policies, etc.)
- Climate Smart Community Task Force 2020 Annual Report, January 7, 2021
- Conservation Advisory Council 2020 Annual Report
See 2020-2021 Zoning Document history on Laws Archive Page
Recent Public Notice
Date of Public Notice Event: November 25, 2024
TOWN OF ANCRAM ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Town of Ancram Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on Monday, November 25, 2024 at 7:05PM or shortly thereafter. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, the public hearing will be a hybrid public hearing …
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- Protecting Scenic Ancram
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Building Permits
- Ancram Historic District Information
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Recent News
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The Town of Ancram is located in the southeastern section of Columbia County. The City of Hudson is approximately 20 miles to the northwest, the City of Albany approximately 50 miles to the northwest and the City and Town of Poughkeepsie approximately 35 miles to the southwest. The town was founded in 1803, and was originally part of Gallatin. In 1814 Ancram separated from Gallatin and became an independent Town. The name was derived from the Livingston homestead in Anchoram, Scotland. Robert Livingston, first Lord of the Manor was the son of a Scotch clergyman, born in Anchoram, Scotland in 1654. The town comprises 27,000 of the total 160,000 acres the Livingston family had held from the initial grant by the English Crown in 1686. Philip Livingston, grandson of Robert, founded the first iron works in 1743, the only one of its kind on the banks of the Roeliff Jansen Kill and in the NY Colony. There were four forges, a blast furnace and a refinery forge that employed 75 to 100 men at full operation. Three iron mines and a lead mine supported the iron works.
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The Ancram Freeground Cemetery, sometimes referred to on maps and the internet as the Ancram Old Cemetery, was established at the very end of the 18th Century. Because the cemetery was created before the 1803 incorporation of the town of Ancram, there are no town records of its establishment but it is widely believed that the one acre plot that comprises the cemetery was donated by the Livingston family. Read more >The Livingston's settled in the area in the late 17th century and received a royal charter land grant from King George I in 1715 for 250 square miles of land. Most of that land, known then as Livingston Manor, is now Columbia County.