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Nelliston is a small incorporated village in the town of Palatine in Montgomery County, set in the Mohawk Valley west of Amsterdam.

The village takes its name from the Nellis family, and Andrew Nellis, the family's founder in the area, arrived in what is now the town of Palatine in 1722.

Fort Fox and Fort Wagner were built at this spot during the late colonial period, but the village itself did not really develop until the time of the Civil War.

Nelliston sits on the northeast bank of the Mohawk River directly across from the village of Fort Plain, and the Erie Canal passes the village along the river channel.

New York State Route 5 runs through Nelliston as its Main Street, and Route 80 has its northern terminus in the village on its way southwest to Cooperstown, about 28 miles away.

Nelliston had 555 residents at the 2020 census, down from a peak of 737 back in 1910, and the 2000 census counted 257 households in the village.

Much of Nelliston is protected as the Nelliston Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places, alongside individual listings such as the Lasher-Davis House, the Peter Ehle House, the Jacob Nellis Farmhouse and the Nelliston School.

Nelliston was the birthplace of Bill Dahlen, a Major League Baseball player from the sport's early decades.