Minerva is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 773 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom. The town has a highly irregular polygonal shape. It is located in the southwestern corner of the county. By road, it is 40 miles north-northwest of Queensbury, 85 miles southwest of Burlington, Vermont, 88 miles south of Plattsburgh, 93 miles north of Albany, and 147 miles south of Montreal, Quebec.