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List of counties in New York
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There are sixty-two counties in the State of New York. Five of these are boroughs of New York City and do not have functioning county governments, except for a few borough officials. New York City encompasses five counties, and is the county seat of all five of them: New York County (Manhattan), Kings County (Brooklyn), Bronx County (The Bronx), Richmond County (Staten Island), and Queens County (Queens). Because each borough has a separate main post office (and Queens has four), the county seats of the five boroughs are often stated in terms of those main post offices: New York (Manhattan), Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island, and Jamaica (Queens), NY. However, the communities served by those main post offices are all within the city limits of New York. In contrast to other counties of New York state, the powers of the five boroughs of New York City are very limited, and in nearly all respects subordinate to the city's.
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The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. The FIPS code for each county links to census data for that county.
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FIPS Code[1] | County Seat |
Created |
Origin |
Etymology |
Population |
Area |
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| Albany County | 001 | Albany | 1683 | One of the original 12 counties | Duke of York and Albany | 294,565 | 533 sq mi (1,380 km²) |
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| Allegany County | 003 | Belmont | 1806 | Genesee County | the Allegheny River | 49,927 | 1,034 sq mi (2,678 km²) |
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| Bronx County | 005 | (Coextensive with The Bronx, New York City) |
1912 | New York County that originally was in Westchester County | Jonas Bronck | 1,332,650 | 57.43 sq mi (149 km²) |
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| Broome County | 007 | Binghamton | 1806 | Tioga County | John Broome | 200,536 | 715 sq mi (1,852 km²) |
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| Cattaraugus County | 009 | Little Valley | 1808 | Genesee County | a Seneca phrase meaning "bad smelling banks" (referring to the odor of natural gas which leaked from local rock formations) | 83,955 | 1,310 sq mi (3,393 km²) |
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| Cayuga County | 011 | Auburn | 1799 | Onondaga County | the Cayuga tribe | 81,963 | 864 sq mi (2,238 km²) |
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| Chautauqua County | 013 | Mayville | 1808 | Genesee County | a Seneca word meaning "where the fish was taken out" | 136,409 | 1,500 sq mi (3,885 km²) |
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| Chemung County | 015 | Elmira | 1836 | Tioga County | a Lenape word meaning "big horn", which was the name of a local Indian village | 91,070 | 410.81 sq mi (1,064 km²) |
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| Chenango County | 017 | Norwich | 1798 | Tioga County and Herkimer County | an Onondaga word meaning "large bull-thistle" | 51,401 | 898.85 sq mi (2,328 km²) |
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| Clinton County | 019 | Plattsburgh | 1788 | Washington County | George Clinton | 79,894 | 1,118 sq mi (2,896 km²) |
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| Columbia County | 021 | Hudson | 1786 | Albany County | Christopher Columbus | 63,094 | 648 sq mi (1,678 km²) |
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| Cortland County | 023 | Cortland | 1808 | Onondaga County | Pierre Van Cortlandt | 48,599 | 502 sq mi (1,300 km²) |
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| Delaware County | 025 | Delhi | 1797 | Otsego County and Ulster County | Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr | 48,055 | 1,468 sq mi (3,802 km²) |
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| Dutchess County | 027 | Poughkeepsie | 1683 | One of the original 12 counties | Mary of Modena, Duchess of York | 295,146 | 825 sq mi (2,137 km²) |
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| Erie County | 029 | Buffalo | 1821 | Niagara County | The Erie tribe | 950,265 | 1,227 sq mi (3,178 km²) |
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| Essex County | 031 | Elizabethtown | 1799 | Clinton County | the county of Essex in England | 38,851 | 1,916 sq mi (4,962 km²) |
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| Franklin County | 033 | Malone | 1808 | Clinton County | Benjamin Franklin | 51,134 | 1,697 sq mi (4,395 km²) |
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| Fulton County | 035 | Johnstown | 1838 | Montgomery County | Robert Fulton | 55,073 | 533 sq mi (1,380 km²) |
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| Genesee County | 037 | Batavia | 1802 | Ontario County | a Seneca phrase meaning "good valley" | 60,370 | 495 sq mi (1,282 km²) |
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| Greene County | 039 | Catskill | 1800 | Albany County and Ulster County | Nathanael Greene | 48,195 | 658 sq mi (1,704 km²) |
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| Hamilton County | 041 | Lake Pleasant | 1816 | Montgomery County | Alexander Hamilton | 5,379 | 1,808 sq mi (4,683 km²) |
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| Herkimer County | 043 | Herkimer | 1791 | Montgomery County | Nicholas Herkimer | 64,427 | 1,458 sq mi (3,776 km²) |
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| Jefferson County | 045 | Watertown | 1805 | Oneida County | Thomas Jefferson | 111,738 | 1,857 sq mi (4,810 km²) |
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| Kings County | 047 | (Coextensive with Brooklyn, New York City) |
1683 | One of the original 12 counties | King Charles II of England | 2,465,326 | 96.9 sq mi (251 km²) |
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| Lewis County | 049 | Lowville | 1805 | Oneida County | Morgan Lewis | 26,944 | 1,290 sq mi (3,341 km²) |
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| Livingston County | 051 | Geneseo | 1821 | Genesee County and Ontario County | Robert Livingston | 64,328 | 640 sq mi (1,658 km²) |
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| Madison County | 053 | Wampsville | 1806 | Chenango County | James Madison | 69,441 | 662 sq mi (1,715 km²) |
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| Monroe County | 055 | Rochester | 1821 | Genesee and Ontario counties | James Monroe | 735,343 | 1,366 sq mi (3,538 km²) |
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| Montgomery County | 057 | Fonda | 1772 | Albany County | Originally Tryon County. Renamed after Richard Montgomery in 1784 | 49,708 | 410 sq mi (1,062 km²) |
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| Nassau County | 059 | Mineola | 1899 | Queens County | William of Nassau | 1,334,544 | 453 sq mi (1,173 km²) |
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| New York County | 061 | (Coextensive with Manhattan, New York City) |
1683 | One of the original 12 counties | the Duke of York and Albany | 1,537,195 | 33.77 sq mi (87 km²) |
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| Niagara County | 063 | Lockport | 1808 | Genesee County | an Indian word meaning "thunder of waters" | 219,846 | 1,140 sq mi (2,953 km²) |
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| Oneida County | 065 | Utica | 1798 | Herkimer County | the Oneida tribe | 235,469 | 1,213 sq mi (3,142 km²) |
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| Onondaga County | 067 | Syracuse | 1792 | Herkimer County | the Onondaga tribe | 458,336 | 806 sq mi (2,088 km²) |
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| Ontario County | 069 | Canandaigua | 1789 | Montgomery County | an Iroquois word meaning "beautiful lake" | 100,224 | 662 sq mi (1,715 km²) |
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| Orange County | 071 | Goshen | 1683 | One of the original 12 counties | William of Orange | 341,367 | 839 sq mi (2,173 km²) |
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| Orleans County | 073 | Albion | 1824 | Genesee County | the French Royal House of Orleans | 44,171 | 817 sq mi (2,116 km²) |
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| Oswego County | 075 | Oswego | 1816 | Oneida and Onondaga counties | Oswego River | 122,377 | 1,312 sq mi (3,398 km²) |
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| Otsego County | 077 | Cooperstown | 1791 | Montgomery County | Native American name for Otsego Lake | 61,676 | 1,003 sq mi (2,598 km²) |
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| Putnam County | 079 | Carmel | 1812 | Dutchess County | Israel Putnam | 95,745 | 246 sq mi (637 km²) |
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| Queens County | 081 | Jamaica (Coextensive with Queens, New York City) |
1683 | One of the original 12 counties | Queen Catherine of Braganza | 2,229,379 | 178.28 sq mi (462 km²) |
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| Rensselaer County | 083 | Troy | 1791 | Albany County | Kiliaen van Rensselaer | 152,538 | 665 sq mi (1,722 km²) |
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| Richmond County | 085 | St. George (Coextensive with Staten Island, New York City) |
1683 | One of the original 12 counties | Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond | 443,728 | 102.5 sq mi (265 km²) |
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| Rockland County | 087 | New City | 1798 | Orange County | early settlers' description of terrain as "rocky land" | 286,753 | 199 sq mi (515 km²) |
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| Saratoga County | 091 | Ballston Spa | 1791 | Albany County | corrupted Native American word meaning "the hill beside the river" | 200,635 | 844 sq mi (2,186 km²) |
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| Schenectady County | 093 | Schenectady | 1809 | Albany County | Mohawk phrase meaning "on the other side of the pine lands" | 146,555 | 210 sq mi (544 km²) |
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| Schoharie County | 095 | Schoharie | 1795 | Albany County and Otsego County | Mohawk word meaning "floating driftwood" | 31,582 | 626 sq mi (1,621 km²) |
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| Schuyler County | 097 | Watkins Glen | 1795 | Chemung County, Steuben County, and Tompkins County | Philip Schuyler | 19,224 | 342 sq mi (886 km²) |
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| Seneca County | 099 | Ovid and Waterloo | 1804 | Cayuga County. | the Seneca tribe | 33,342 | 325 sq mi (842 km²) |
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| St. Lawrence County | 089 | Canton | 1802 | Clinton County, Herkimer County, and Montgomery County | the St Lawrence River that forms the northern border of the county and New York State | 111,931 | 2,821 sq mi (7,306 km²) |
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| Steuben County | 101 | Bath | 1796 | Ontario County | Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben | 98,726 | 1,404 sq mi (3,636 km²) |
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| Suffolk County | 103 | Riverhead | 1683 | One of the original 12 counties | the county of Suffolk in England | 1,419,369 | 2,373 sq mi (6,146 km²) |
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| Sullivan County | 105 | Monticello | 1809 | Ulster County | John Sullivan | 73,966 | 997 sq mi (2,582 km²) |
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| Tioga County | 107 | Owego | 1791 | Montgomery County | An Indian word meaning "at the forks," describing a meeting place | 51,784 | 523 sq mi (1,355 km²) |
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| Tompkins County | 109 | Ithaca | 1817 | Cayuga County and Seneca County | Daniel D. Tompkins | 96,501 | 476 sq mi (1,233 km²) |
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| Ulster County | 111 | Kingston | 1683 | One of the original 12 counties | the Irish province of Ulster, then an earldom of the Duke of York (later King James II of England) | 177,749 | 1,161 sq mi (3,007 km²) |
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| Warren County | 113 | Lake George | 1813 | Washington County | General Joseph Warren | 63,303 | 932 sq mi (2,414 km²) |
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| Washington County | 115 | Fort Edward | 1772 | Albany County | George Washington (Originally Charlotte County, renamed 1874) | 61,042 | 846 sq mi (2,191 km²) |
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| Wayne County | 117 | Lyons | 1823 | Ontario County and Seneca County | General Anthony Wayne | 93,765 | 1,384 sq mi (3,585 km²) |
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| Westchester County | 119 | White Plains | 1683 | One of the original 12 counties | the town of Chester in England | 923,459 | 500 sq mi (1,295 km²) |
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| Wyoming County | 121 | Warsaw | 1841 | Genesee County | a modified Delaware Indian word meaning "broad bottom lands" | 43,424 | 596 sq mi (1,544 km²) |
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| Yates County | 123 | Penn Yan | 1823 | Ontario and Steuben counties | Governor Joseph C. Yates | 24,621 | 376 sq mi (974 km²) |
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- Charlotte County: formed from 11,170 square miles (28,930 km²) of land from Albany County on March 12, 1772, but renamed and partitioned. See Washington County, New York.
- Cornwall County: Created on September 5, 1665 from 25,100 square miles (65,000 km²) of un-organized land to cover the Duke of York's land grant in present day Maine. On October 7, 1673, 24,900 square miles (64,500 km²) were lost to Devonshire, Massachusetts because of a boundary dispute. The remainder of the land was lost in the Autumn of 1675 to the Abnaki Indians as a result of a war. The original grant was recreated on November 1, 1683, for the same reasons. The entire grant was transferred to Massachusetts because of the expansion of the Dominion of New England in the Spring of 1687. The entire grant covers what today are Aroostook, Piscataquis, Penobscot, Hancock, Washington, Waldo, Knox, Lincoln, Kennebec, and Somerset counties.
- Cumberland County: formed on July 3, 1766 from 1,910 square miles (4,950 km²) of Albany County land. Cumberland was disestablished on June 26, 1767, with the land returned to Albany County. Cumberland County was reinstated on March 19, 1768, this time with 2,050 square miles (5,310 km²) of land from Albany County. An additional 210 square miles (540 km²) of land - this time from partitioned from Albany and Charlotte Counties, with some of it passed on to Gloucester County. On April 1, 1775, 10 square miles (26 km²) of land was exchanged between Cumberland, Albany and Charlotte counties. On January 15, 1777, Cumberland County was extinguished due to the partitioning of Vermont from New York and New Hampshire. The Cumberland lands produced Windham, Bennington, Rutland, Windsor, and parts of Addison and Orange counties in Vermont. On March 7, 1788, New York attempted to adjust the border between itself and Vermont at the location where Cumberland County had previously existed, but to no effect.
- Dukes County: formed on November 1, 1683 as one of the original 12 counties. Created to cover the 1674 grant of the Martha's Vinyard, Elizabeth Islands, and Nantucket islands to the Duke of York. Transferred to Massachusetts on October 7, 1691, where it was divided into Dukes County, Massachusetts, which consists of Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands, and Nantucket County, Massachusetts.
- Gloucester County: formed on March 16, 1770 from 1,540 square miles (3,990 km²) of land from Albany County. 3,390 square miles (8,780 km²) of additional land was transferred from Cumberland County, with some of the original transfer returned to Charlotte on March 24, 1772. Gloucester County, New York became all or most of Orange, Essex, Caledonia, Orleans, Lamoile and Washington Counties in Vermont on January 15, 1777.
- Tryon County: formed on March 12, 1772 from indefinite amounts of land to the west of Albany County and renamed Montgomery County on April 2, 1784. On January 27, 1789, a western border was established as a result of the partitioning of the counto to create Ontario County. This resulted in Montgomery County having a total of 21,400 square miles (55,400 km²) within its borders. On February 16, 1892, Montgomery County was again partitioned, this time to create Herkimer, Otsego and Tioga counties. This reduced Montgomery to 1,080 square miles (2,800 km²) of land. As a result of an adjustment to the Montgomery-Herkimer border due to improved cartography, 3,730 square miles (9,660 km²) of land passed from Herkimer to Montgomery, resulting in Montgomery having a total of 4,810 square miles (12,460 km²) of land on March 31, 1797. On April 3, 1801, Montgomery was partitioned again, this time with 1,870 square miles (4,840 km²) of land passing to Clinton, Essex, Saratoga, and Washington Counties, resulting in Montgomery only having 2,940 square miles (7,610 km²) of land. On April 12, 1816, Montgomery was again partitioned for the creation of Hamilton County, producing a Montgomery County of only 1,110 square miles (2,870 km²) of land. However, since Hamilton County was not properly organized, it remained a dependency of Montgomery County. On May 2, 1817, Montgomery County was again partitioned, this time passing 150 square miles (390 km²) of land to Herkimer County. On January 1, 1838, Hamilton County was finally organized sufficient to govern itself, and so it was detached from Montgomery. The final partition of Montgomery County took place on April 18, 1838, with 560 square miles (1,450 km²) of land going for the creation of Fulton County. This resulted in a Montgomery County of 400 square miles (1,040 km²) of land.
- Yorkshire County: original English county, partitioned in 1683 into Kings, Queens (including modern Nassau), Suffolk, Richmond and Westchester (including modern Bronx) counties.
- Adirondack County: to be formed out of part of Essex and Franklin Counties.
- Peconic County: to be formed out of part of Suffolk County.
- List of places in New York
- List of villages in New York
- List of cities in New York
- List of extinct U.S. counties
- ^ EPA County FIPS Code Listing. EPA. Retrieved on 2007-08-19.
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