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Jewett, NY 12444

aka "Mountain Top"

Greene County

Local Government

Town of Jewett

Jewett Municipal Building

3547 County Rte. 23C

PO Box 132

Jewett, NY 12444

518-263-4646

Jewett, formed in 1849 and named for Freeborn G. Jewett, a 19th-century chief justice of the New York State Court of Appeals, is in the center of an area that longtime residents call the Mountain Top. The town is entirely within the Catskill State Park.

Historic Places

Points of Interest

Jewett, formed from Lexington and Hunter November 14, 1849, is one of the central towns in the west. On an elevated plateau, much riven by glacial valleys, it contains much arable land, which is farmed to a wide variety of grains, grasses, vegetables and fruits.

The first permanent settlement in the town was made by William Gass, an Scotsman, who located near Schoharie Creek in 1784. The hamlets of the section are: Jewett, East Jewett and Jewett Center.
From Hope Farm Press & Bookshop

WAJ Central School

Jewett is in the Catskill Range between Hunter Mountain and Cave Mountain aka Windham Mountain. Our community is referred to as "The Mountaintop" which includes Haines Falls, Tannersville, Elka Park, Hunter, Lexington, Maplecrest, Hensonville, Windham, Ashland & Jewett, Prattsville, Durham, Cairo.

"Scott Adams", creator of "Dilbert" grew up in this community, (Windham) and graduated from W.A.J. Central School.

We have mink, beaver, bear, blue heron, raccoon, skunk, porcupine, opossum, rabbit deer, turkey and quail....in this area. The trapping trade was once popular here. Jewett is so small it has no traffic lights. We do have a post-office and a church and a firehouse though on Route 17.

People wear many hats here and are in the logging trade, maple syrup production, bee-keeping& craft trades, carpentry, but mostly supply the two ski-resorts with labor and support workers. Catskill Ginseng is a wild crop that is harvested in the late summer/early fall in secret areas in the woods here.

Blackberries, Raspberries and Blueberries grow in abundance on the mountaintop. Wild Thyme grows profusely in the Summertime all around this mountaintop. It was not indigenous to this area until a Greek businessman shipped his goats here... At least that's the tale told to me by a local bee-keeper who explained how the honey bees pollenate whatever flora/fauna is in season and thereby influences the color and flavor variations of locally produced honey.

"The Catskill Mountains General Store" is a project providing a venue for Mountaintop proprietors and their goods to be sold on the internet. Areas not limited to the mountaintop. Jewett, I'd say is a state of mind as well as a geographical place.

Ghost Stories

Restaurants

Lodging

Businesses

Sylvan Botanicals - New York Ginseng

P.O. Box 91

Cooperstown, NY 13326

607-264-8455

Organic woodland farm selling premium seeds and organically grown roots. Registered ginseng dealers buying and selling the worlds most sought after ginseng roots. Also offering many other woodland medicinals for transplanting including mature Goldenseal root, teas and books. Farm consultations and soil analysis available.

Mudge's Gun Shop, Inc

Rt 296 Hensonville,NY

518-734-3517

Authorized John Deere & Yamaha ATV dealer. Alos buying and selling antique guns and ammo. We have been an established business for over 26 years.

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