Delmar, New York

Delmar is a hamlet in the Town of Bethlehem, in Albany County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of the neighboring city of Albany. The community is bisected by NY Route 443 (Delaware Avenue), a major thoroughfare, main street, and route to Albany.

A census-designated place (CDP) has been established since 1980 by the U.S. Census Bureau for tabulating the population of what the census has defined as the boundaries of the urbanized area in and around Delmar. The population was 8,292 at the 2000 census, but it was not included as a CDP in the 2010 census.

In 2005, CNN/Money Magazine named the Delmar ZIP Code (an area larger than the Delmar hamlet or CDP) as one of the “Best Places to Live” in America, rating it the 22nd best place to live among what it called “Great American Towns.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmar,_New_York

Elsmere Ave Fades to Farmland

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I figure that I should capture this before the suburbanite developers at some turn it into housing for the greedy politicians to tax and expand their government.

New Salem

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Driving through the rural hamlet of New Salem on the way up to Thacher Park.

Camping at Powley Place #10

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Don't get up to this campsite much these days, mainly because I like my space, and this campsite is near other ones, and this one is often taken in the summer months. But weekdays in September, it's pretty quiet except maybe for a few passing by hunters.