Cobleskill (KO-buhl-skil), village (3 sq mi/7.8 sq km; 1990 pop. 5,268) in Cobleskill town (1990 pop. 7,270), Schoharie co., E central N.Y., 36 mi/58 km W of Albany; 42°40'N 74°29'W. Dairying; mfg. (construction materials, textiles, molded plastics, metalwork). Seat of State Univ. of N.Y. Col. of Agr. and Technology at Cobleskill. Cobleskill Historic Dist. Howe Caverns at Howes Cave (6 mi/9.7 km E). Settled 1752, inc. 1868.
