Bath (village), New York

Bath
Village
A view of Bath
Bath Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: 42°20′16″N 77°19′1″W / 42.33778°N 77.31694°W / 42.33778; -77.31694
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Steuben
Area [1]
• Total	3.17 sq mi (8.22 km2)
• Land	3.17 sq mi (8.22 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	1,109 ft (338 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	5,571
• Density	1,756.31/sq mi (678.02/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	14810
Area code	607
FIPS code	36-04759
GNIS feature ID	0943162

Bath is a village and the county seat of in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 5,786 at the 2010 census. The village is located in the town of the same name, northwest of Elmira and west of Tyrone.

The community was named either for the English city of Bath, Somerset, or for Lady Laura Pulteney, 1st Countess of Bath and daughter of Sir William Pulteney, one of the original landowners. Bath is the location of the Bath VA Medical Center (former old soldiers' home), Bath National Cemetery, and the Steuben County Fair, the oldest continuous fair in the United States.^{[citation needed]}