
There are 62 counties in the State of New York. The first twelve counties in New York were created immediately after the British annexation of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, although two of these counties have since been abolished. The most recent county formation in New York was in 1912, when Bronx County was created from the portions of New York City that had been annexed from Westchester County.[1] New York's counties are named for a variety of Native American words, British provinces, counties, cities, and royalty, early American statesmen and military, and New York State politicians.[2]
Five of New York's counties are coterminous with the five boroughs of New York City and do not have functioning county governments, except for a few borough officials. New York City is considered the county seat of these five counties: 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 of them), 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). 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 are subordinate to the city's.[3]
The FIPS county code is the five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents in the United States. The three-digit number is unique to each individual county within a state, but to be unique within the entire United States, it must be prefixed by the state code. This means that, for example, while Albany County, New York, is 001, Addison County, Vermont, and Alachua County, Florida, are also 001. To uniquely identify Albany County, New York, one must use the state code of 36 plus the county code of 001; therefore, the unique nationwide identifier for Albany County, New York, is 36001. The links in the column FIPS County Code are to the Census Bureau Info page for that county.[4]
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| County |
FIPS Code [4] |
County Seat [5] |
Created [5] |
Formed from [1] |
Named for [2] |
Population [5] |
Area [5] |
Map |
| Albany County | 001 | Albany | 1683 | One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony | James II of England (James VII of Scotland) (1633–1701), who was Duke of York (English title) and Duke of Albany (Scottish title) before becoming King of England, Ireland, and Scotland. | 294,565 | 533 sq mi (1,380 km2) |
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| Allegany County | 003 | Belmont | 1806 | Genesee County | A variant spelling of the Allegheny River | 49,927 | 1,034 sq mi (2,678 km2) |
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| Bronx County | 005 | New York City (Coterminous with The Bronx) |
[6] 1914 | New York County | Jonas Bronck (1600?–1643), an early settler of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam | 1,332,650 | 57.43 sq mi (149 km2) |
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| Broome County | 007 | Binghamton | 1806 | Tioga County | John Broome (1738–1810), fourth Lieutenant Governor of New York | 200,536 | 715 sq mi (1,852 km2) |
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| Cattaraugus County | 009 | Little Valley | 1808 | Genesee County | A Seneca word 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 of Native Americans | 81,963 | 694 sq mi (1,797 km2) |
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| Chautauqua County | 013 | Mayville | 1808 | Genesee County | A Seneca word meaning "where the fish was taken out" | 136,409 | 1,062 sq mi (2,751 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 Native American 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 (1739–1812), fourth Vice President of the United States and first and third Governor of New York | 79,894 | 1,118 sq mi (2,896 km2) |
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| Columbia County | 021 | Hudson | 1786 | Albany County | Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), the European explorer | 63,094 | 648 sq mi (1,678 km2) |
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| Cortland County | 023 | Cortland | 1808 | Onondaga County | Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721–1814), first Lieutenant Governor of New York | 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 (1577–1618), an early colonial leader in Virginia | 48,055 | 1,468 sq mi (3,802 km2) |
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| Dutchess County | 027 | Poughkeepsie | 1683 | One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony | Lady Anne Hyde (1637–1671), Duchess of York and wife of King James II of England | 295,146 | 825 sq mi (2,137 km2) |
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| Erie County | 029 | Buffalo | 1821 | Niagara County | The Erie tribe of Native Americans | 950,265 | 1,044 sq mi (2,704 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 (1706–1790), the early American printer, scientist, and statesman | 51,134 | 1,697 sq mi (4,395 km2) |
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| Fulton County | 035 | Johnstown | 1838 | Montgomery County | Robert Fulton (1765–1815), inventor of the steamship | 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 (1742–1786), the American Revolutionary War general | 48,195 | 658 sq mi (1,704 km2) |
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| Hamilton County | 041 | Lake Pleasant | 1816 | Montgomery County | Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804), the early American political theorist and first Secretary of the Treasury | 5,379 | 1,808 sq mi (4,683 km2) |
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| Herkimer County | 043 | Herkimer | 1791 | Montgomery County | Nicholas Herkimer (1728–1777), the American Revolutionary War general | 64,427 | 1,458 sq mi (3,776 km2) |
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| Jefferson County | 045 | Watertown | 1805 | Oneida County | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), the early American statesman, author of the Declaration of Independence, and third President of the United States | 111,738 | 1,272 sq mi (3,294 km2) |
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| Kings County | 047 | New York City (Coterminous with Brooklyn) |
1683 | One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony | King Charles II of England (1630–1685) | 2,465,326 | 96.9 sq mi (251 km2) |
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| Lewis County | 049 | Lowville | 1805 | Oneida County | Morgan Lewis (1754–1844), the fourth Governor of New York | 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 (1746–1813), the early American statesman and New York delegate to the Continental Congress | 64,328 | 640 sq mi (1,658 km2) |
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| Madison County | 053 | Wampsville | 1806 | Chenango County | James Madison (1751–1836), the early American statesman, principal author of the Constitution of the United States, and fourth President of the United States | 69,441 | 662 sq mi (1,715 km2) |
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| Monroe County | 055 | Rochester | 1821 | Genesee County and Ontario County | James Monroe (1758–1831), the early American statesman and fifth President of the United States | 735,343 | 659 sq mi (1,707 km2) |
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| Montgomery County | 057 | Fonda | 1772 | Albany County | Originally Tryon County after colonial governor William Tryon (1729–1788), renamed after the American Revolutionary War general Richard Montgomery (1738–1775) in 1784 | 49,708 | 410 sq mi (1,062 km2) |
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| Nassau County | 059 | Mineola | 1899 | Queens County | William of Orange-Nassau (1650–1702), who became King William III of England | 1,334,544 | 287 sq mi (743 km2) |
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| New York County | 061 | New York City (Coextensive with Manhattan) |
1683 | One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony | King James II of England (1633–1701), who was Duke of York and Albany before he ascended the throne of England, Duke of York being his English title | 1,537,195 | 33.77 sq mi (87 km2) |
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| Niagara County | 063 | Lockport | 1808 | Genesee County | An Iroquoian word perhaps meaning "a neck" between two bodies of water, "thunder of waters", or "bisected bottom land" | 219,846 | 523 sq mi (1,355 km2) |
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| Oneida County | 065 | Utica | 1798 | Herkimer County | The Oneida tribe of Native Americans | 235,469 | 1,213 sq mi (3,142 km2) |
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| Onondaga County | 067 | Syracuse | 1792 | Herkimer County | The Onondaga tribe of Native Americans | 458,336 | 806 sq mi (2,088 km2) |
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| Ontario County | 069 | Canandaigua | 1789 | Montgomery County | An Iroquoian word meaning "beautiful lake" | 100,224 | 662 sq mi (1,715 km2) |
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| Orange County | 071 | Goshen | 1683 | One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony | William of Orange-Nassau (1650–1702), who became King William III of England | 341,367 | 839 sq mi (2,173 km2) |
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| Orleans County | 073 | Albion | 1824 | Genesee County | The French Royal House of Orléans | 44,171 | 391 sq mi (1,013 km2) |
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| Oswego County | 075 | Oswego | 1816 | Oneida County and Onondaga County | The Oswego River, from an Iroquoian word meaning "the outpouring", referring to the mouth of the river | 122,377 | 953 sq mi (2,468 km2) |
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| Otsego County | 077 | Cooperstown | 1791 | Montgomery County | A Native American word meaning "place of the rock" | 61,676 | 1,003 sq mi (2,598 km2) |
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| Putnam County | 079 | Carmel | 1812 | Dutchess County | Israel Putnam (1718–1790), an American Revolutionary War general | 95,745 | 246 sq mi (637 km2) |
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| Queens County | 081 | New York City (Coextensive with Queens) |
1683 | One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony | Catherine of Braganza (1638–1705), Queen of England and wife of King Charles II of England | 2,229,379 | 178.28 sq mi (462 km2) |
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| Rensselaer County | 083 | Troy | 1791 | Albany County | In honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer (before 1596 – after 1643), the early landholder in the Dutch New Amsterdam colony | 152,538 | 665 sq mi (1,722 km2) |
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| Richmond County | 085 | New York City (Coextensive with Staten Island) |
1683 | One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony | Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (1672–1723), the illegitimate son of King Charles II of England | 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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| St. Lawrence County | 089 | Canton | 1802 | Clinton County, Herkimer County, and Montgomery County | The St Lawrence River, which forms the northern border of the county and New York State | 111,931 | 2,821 sq mi (7,306 km2) |
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| Saratoga County | 091 | Ballston Spa | 1791 | Albany County | A corruption of a 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 | A Mohawk word 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 | A Mohawk word meaning "floating driftwood" | 31,582 | 626 sq mi (1,621 km2) |
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| Schuyler County | 097 | Watkins Glen | 1854 | Chemung County, Steuben County, and Tompkins County | Philip Schuyler (1733–1804), the American Revolutionary War general and Senator from New York | 19,224 | 342 sq mi (886 km2) |
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| Seneca County | 099 | Ovid and Waterloo | 1804 | Cayuga County | The Seneca tribe of Native Americans | 33,342 | 325 sq mi (842 km2) |
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| Steuben County | 101 | Bath | 1796 | Ontario County | Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), the Prussian general who assisted the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War | 98,726 | 1,404 sq mi (3,636 km2) |
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| Suffolk County | 103 | Riverhead | 1683 | One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony | The county of Suffolk in England | 1,419,369 | 912 sq mi (2,362 km2) |
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| Sullivan County | 105 | Monticello | 1809 | Ulster County | John Sullivan (1740–1795), an American Revolutionary War general | 73,966 | 997 sq mi (2,582 km2) |
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| Tioga County | 107 | Owego | 1791 | Montgomery County | A Native American 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 (1774–1825), the 6th Vice President of the United States | 96,501 | 476 sq mi (1,233 km2) |
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| Ulster County | 111 | Kingston | 1683 | One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony | 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 | Queensbury | 1813 | Washington County | Joseph Warren (1741–1775), the early American patriot and American Revolutionary War general | 63,303 | 870 sq mi (2,253 km2) |
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| Washington County | 115 | Fort Edward | 1772 | Albany County | Originally Charlotte County, renamed in 1784 after George Washington (1732–1799), the American Revolutionary War general and first President of the United States | 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 (1745–1796), the American Revolutionary War general | 93,765 | 604 sq mi (1,564 km2) |
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| Westchester County | 119 | White Plains | 1683 | One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony | The city of Chester in England | 923,459 | 500 sq mi (1,295 km2) |
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| Wyoming County | 121 | Warsaw | 1841 | Genesee County | A modification of a word from the Lenape language meaning "broad bottom lands" | 43,424 | 596 sq mi (1,544 km2) |
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| Yates County | 123 | Penn Yan | 1823 | Ontario County and Steuben County | Joseph C. Yates (1768–1837), eighth Governor of New York | 24,621 | 376 sq mi (974 km2) |
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| County |
Created [1] |
Abolished [1] |
Fate[1] |
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| Charlotte County | 1772 | 1784 | Partitioned and renamed as Washington County |
| Cornwall County | 1665 | 1686 | Transferred to the part of Massachusetts that later became the state of Maine and partitioned; one of the 12 original counties created in the New York colony |
| Cumberland County | 1766 | 1777 | Transferred to Vermont and partitioned |
| Dukes County | 1683 | 1692 | Transferred to Massachusetts; one of 12 original counties created in the New York colony |
| Gloucester County | 1770 | 1777 | Transferred to Vermont and partitioned |
| Tryon County | 1772 | 1784 | Renamed as Montgomery County |
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Note |
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| Adirondack County | Would hypothetically consist of portions of northern Essex County and southern Franklin County[7] |
| Peconic County | Would hypothetically consist of the five easternmost towns in Suffolk County on Long Island.[8] |
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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.
| County |
FIPS Code[1] | County Seat |
Created |
Origin |
Etymology |
Population |
Area |
Map |
| 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) |
File:Map of New York highlighting Bronx County.svg |
| 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 | 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) |
File:Map of New York highlighting Hamilton County.svg |
| 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) |
File:Map of New York highlighting Jefferson County.svg |
| 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) |
File:Map of New York highlighting Kings County.svg |
| Lewis County | 049 | Lowville | 1805 | Oneida County | Morgan Lewis | 26,944 | 1,290 sq mi (3,341 km²) |
File:Map of New York highlighting Lewis County.svg |
| 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) |
File:Map of New York highlighting New York County.svg |
| 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) |
File:Map of New York highlighting Ontario County.svg |
| 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) |
File:Map of New York highlighting Queens County.svg |
| 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 | 443,728 | 102.5 sq mi (265 km²) |
File:Map of New York highlighting Richmond County.svg |
| 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) |
File:Map of New York highlighting Schuyler County.svg |
| 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) |
File:Map of New York highlighting St. Lawrence County.svg |
| 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) |
File:Map of New York highlighting Tompkins County.svg |
| 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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