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  2. Amsterdam, New York - Wikipedia

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    Amsterdam (/ ˈ æ m s t ər d æ m /) is a city in Montgomery County, New York, United States.As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 18,219. The city is named after Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

  3. Province of New York - Wikipedia

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    In 1617, officials of the Dutch West India Company in New Netherland created a settlement at present-day Albany, and in 1624 founded New Amsterdam, on Manhattan Island.The Dutch colony included claims to an area comprising all of the present U.S. states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Vermont, along with inland portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine in addition to eastern ...

  4. List of colonial governors of New York - Wikipedia

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    Settled areas of New Netherland are now constitute the states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut, and parts of Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. [1] [2] The provincial capital New Amsterdam was located at the southern tip of the island of Manhattan at Upper New York Bay. [3]

  5. List of counties in New York - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. Amsterdam (town), New York - Wikipedia

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    Amsterdam is a town in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The population was 5,566 at the 2010 census. [2] The town is named after Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The town is adjacent to and borders the city of Amsterdam on three sides. The town is on the county's northeastern border.

  7. New Amsterdam - Wikipedia

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    The Duke's Plan includes two outlying areas of development on Manhattan along the top of the plan. The work was created for James (1633–1701), the Duke of York and Albany, after whom New York, New York City, and New York's Capital – Albany, were named just after the seizure of New Amsterdam by the English. [44]

  8. New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    Province of New York: Admitted to the Union: July 26, 1788 (11th) ... A 1660 map illustration of New Amsterdam, ... New York City is an important center for ...

  9. York Shire (Province of New York) - Wikipedia

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    On August 29, 1664, The Duke of York’s forces captured New Amsterdam from the Dutch, as part of their conquest of New Netherland. They renamed New Netherland as the Province of New York, which included modern New York, New Jersey, Vermont, southeast Pennsylvania, and Delaware. [1] Yorkshire was created soon afterward in 1664.