Surrounding those areas, you will find many historic buildings that have stood since the town's founding in the 1800s, sprawling farmland, and newly built homes and businesses. According to the census, the town is comprised of 87.6 total square miles, with only .50 square miles being water. Those waterways include watersheds, tributaries to the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers, and Schoharie Creek. If you head to the Main Street District with your leashed pup, you will see many buildings that are on the National Register of Historic Places like the First Old School Baptist Church, the Jay Gould Memorial Church, Vega Cemetery, Walter Stratton House, and Ulster and Delaware Railroad Depot and Mill Complex.