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is a town in Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 3,553 at the 2000 census.
is in the northeast corner of the county. The Neversink River that flows through the town is claimed to be the birthplace of American fly fishing.
The town was formed from the Town of Rochester in Ulster County, New York in 1798 before Sullivan County was formed. The Town of Rockland was created from part of Neversink in 1809, and part of Neversink was used to make the newer Town of Fallsburg in 1826. When the Neversink and Rondout reservoirs were built, the communities of "Old Neversink" (Neversink Reservoir), "Eureka", "Montella", and "Lackawack" (Rondout Reservoir) were lost.
In 1935 the town passed a dry law prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages, which is still in effect today. Efforts to repeal it over the years have failed; most recently in 2006 when a petition to change it was found to have too few valid signatures.