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New Lebanon, New York

New Lebanon is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States, 24 miles (39 km) southeast of Albany. The population was 2,514 at the 2020 census.

The town of New Lebanon is in the northeastern corner of Columbia County. The center of town is at the intersection of U.S. Route 20 and New York State Route 22.

New Lebanon was formed from the town of Canaan in 1818.

New Lebanon was the main spiritual home of the Shakers. The Mount Lebanon Shaker Society had 609 members in 1864. The most historic structures now belong to the Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon. Some of the other surviving buildings are home to the Darrow School. Still others have been converted into a Sufi retreat center called the Abode of the Message. The latter is the former residence of Vilayat Inayat Khan, and is now the home of the current Pir of the Inayati Order, Zia Inayat Khan.

In addition to the Mount Lebanon Shaker Society, the Church of Our Saviour, Donnelly House, Elisha Gilbert House, Lebanon Springs Union Free School, and Gov. Samuel J. Tilden Monument are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.0 square miles (93.2 km2), of which 35.9 square miles (92.9 km2) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.3 km2), or 0.32%, is water.

The northern town line is the border of Rensselaer County, and the eastern town boundary is the border of Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

There is a warm thermal spring named Lebanon Spring, located on Spring Hill Road that had been used by the Native Americans.

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