The Town of Milton was established by Act of the NYS Legislature on March 7, 1792.  By 1828 other division of lands within Saratoga County resulted in the towns as they exist today. By the mid-1800’s, industrial entrepreneurs had established mills along the Kayaderosseras Creek and its tributaries all the way through Milton and the Village.  Chief among these were the paper mills; but there were also cotton mills, foundries, tanneries and leather factories, wheel shops, lumber and cabinetry mills, and limestone quarries and kilns in addition to the saw mills, grist mills and blacksmith shops established when the first settlers first came.

During the first quarter of the 20th century, mills were closing and/or moving for various reasons, and in 1948 major changes happened in West Milton when the Site for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program known as Kesselring Site was established to test nuclear propulsion plans and train Navy personnel as operators of nuclear-powered vessels.  Throughout the last part of the 1900’s, residential development and small to moderate size retail, professional and service business has taken place in the eastern areas of the Town.

You can learn more about the Town’s history, including viewing historic maps and detailed narratives of the histories of the Town’s cemeteries, hamlets, schools, and churches, as well as listings of historic structures and places developed by the Town’s Historic Structures and Places Committee, by following this link.

Historic and Cultural Resources is among the Topic Areas around which the Comprehensive Plan Update is focused. On June 4, 2024, the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee took up the topic, and you can view the meeting notes, here. You can stay up to date on progress of the Committee toward development of the Plan Update document by visiting wearemiltonny.org.