Schuyler Falls is a town in Clinton County, New York, United States. The population was 5,128 at the 2000 census. The Town of Schuyler Falls was named after Peter Schuyler who bought the mill on the Salmon River from Zephaniah Platt. The Town of Schuyler Falls is in the south-central part of the county and is southwest of the City of Plattsburgh.