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Counties of New York Location State of New York Number 62 Populations 5,082 (Hamilton) – 2,561,225 (Kings) Areas 33.77 square miles (87.5 km 2) (New York) – 2,821 square miles (7,310 km 2) (St. Lawrence) Government County government Subdivisions Cities, Towns, Indian Reservations Part of a series on Regions of New York Downstate New York New York City Long Island Hudson Valley (Lower ...
The Province of New York was a British proprietary colony and later a royal colony on the northeast coast of North America from 1664 to 1783. It extended from Long Island on the Atlantic, up the Hudson River and Mohawk River valleys to the Great Lakes and North to the colonies of New France and claimed lands further west.
As of the 2020 United States population census, [1] [2] the 62 counties of the State of New York are subdivided into 933 towns, 62 cities, and 10 American Indian reservations. Towns in New York are considered a third-level administrative division and a minor civil division by the US Census Bureau , in contrast to cities and villages, which are ...
New York: Museum of the City of New York/Dover Publications, 2011. Talbott, Hudson (2009). River of Dreams: The Story of the Hudson River. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. ISBN 978-0-399-24521-3. Vernon, Benjamin. The History of the Hudson River Valley (New York: Overlook, 2016. xiv, 625 pp. Wallkill Valley Publishing Association (1904).
On April 3, 1801, all New York counties were redefined, with Albany County gaining 10 sq mi (26 km 2). [35] On March 7, 1809, Schenectady County was created from 230 square miles (600 km 2) of Albany County land, [36] reducing Albany County to its current size. [14] On March 3, 1888, Albany County ceded Havre Island to Saratoga County. [37]
Towns in New York are classified by the U.S. Census Bureau as minor civil divisions. [30] Like New Jersey and southern New England, all of New York is incorporated; all residents who do not live in a city or on an Indian reservation live in a town. Towns provide or arrange for the primary functions of local government.
The county is positioned with New York City, plus Nassau and Suffolk counties (on Long Island, across the Long Island Sound) to its south; Putnam County to its north; Fairfield County, Connecticut to its east (partially across the Byram River); and Rockland County and Bergen County, New Jersey across the Hudson River to its west. Westchester ...
The following is a series of lists sorted alphabetically of current cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in the U.S. state of New York. They also include information on the number and names of counties in which the places lie and their lower and upper ZIP code bounds, if applicable. Click a letter to ...