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Roessleville is a hamlet in the town of Colonie, Albany County, New York, United States. It is a densely settled suburb of the city of Albany, along New York State Route 5. Roessleville was a census-designated place in the 1990 Census, but was deleted in 2000, but became a CDP once again in 2020.

Roessleville was originally of the Pine Bush pine barrens that stretched from Albany to Schenectady; the home later became farmland in the 1940s, then more recently transformed into a densely packed suburb. Roessleville is named for Theophilus Roessle, a German immigrant from the Kingdom of Württemberg, who built one of the most elegant mansions in the Albany area in what is now Roessleville; today’s Elmhurst Avenue was as soon as his gated driveway. Two of the most famous residents of Roessleville was Josiah and Elizabeth Stanford; parents of Governor of California Leland Stanford; who moved every share of family here in 1840 and owned the Elm Grove Farm and hotel.

Roessleville is that section of the town of Colonie in the company of Osborne and Wolf roads, it is bisected by Central Avenue (NY Route 5). The Albany city descent is along its southeastern border, the village of Colonie is along its northwestern boundary at Wolf Road. The census-designated place of Roessleville, as defined by the US Census Bureau for 1990, was 2.9 square miles (7.5 km) in area.