Ancram-Gallatin Farm

Ancram-Gallatin FarmUnusual opportunity to secure large parcel with existing structures for estate, owner will lease back. Additional acreage available.
Ancram ny real estate is located in the southeastern section of Columbia County, just north of the Town of  Pine Plains in Dutchess County. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,513 people  98% of whom were white. The median income for a household in the town was $45,726, per capita income for the town was $22,541.

The first residents of Ancram ny real estate were mostly farmers brought here from Scotland by the Livingston’s in 1740-1741. During the revolutionary war the Ancram iron works was a source of armaments for both the Continental army and the British. The iron works became a paper mill in 1854 and still operates as a paper mill today.  It is the longest continuously operating mill in New York State and one of the largest employers in Columbia County  “Modern” dairy farming came to Ancram with the railroads. In 1875 the railroad arrived in Ancram, providing access to the New York market and stimulating the growth of dairy farming with large herds. Today Ancram real estate maintains its rural character and is dotted with second homes and retirement homes and farms and  estates.