Grand Gorge is a hamlet in Roxbury, Delaware County, New York, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 12434. It was the location of the Grand Gorge Railroad Station before the railroad station was torn down.
Grand Gorge was originally named Moresville after the More Family which was the first family to settle what is now the Township of Roxbury. The family came from Scotland in 1772, and first settled in Harpersfield, New York. After being run out by Native Americans, they sought refuge in Catskill, New York. They spent several years there and the patriarch of the family, John More, organized a group of minutemen during the American Revolution to help guard the Hudson River.
In 1786 John More, his wife Betty Taylor More, and their seven children decided to return to Harpersfield. On the way they met John Clark, and they traded claims, and John More received the land that in now the Grand Gorge village.
Their last child, Edward…
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