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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]

[edit] Alphabetical list

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.	&0000000000294565.000000294,565	&0000000000000533.000000533 sq mi (&0000000000001380.0000001,380 km²)
Allegany County	003	Belmont	1806	Genesee County	A variant spelling of the Allegheny River	&0000000000049927.00000049,927	&0000000000001034.0000001,034 sq mi (&0000000000002678.0000002,678 km²)
Bronx County	005	New York City (Coterminous with The Bronx)	1914^[6]	New York County	Jonas Bronck (1600?–1643), an early settler of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam	&0000000001332650.0000001,332,650	&0000000000000057.43000057.43 sq mi (&0000000000000149.000000149 km²)
Broome County	007	Binghamton	1806	Tioga County	John Broome (1738–1810), fourth Lieutenant Governor of New York	&0000000000200536.000000200,536	&0000000000000715.000000715 sq mi (&0000000000001852.0000001,852 km²)
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	&0000000000083955.00000083,955	&0000000000001310.0000001,310 sq mi (&0000000000003393.0000003,393 km²)
Cayuga County	011	Auburn	1799	Onondaga County	The Cayuga tribe of Native Americans	&0000000000081963.00000081,963	&0000000000000694.000000694 sq mi (&0000000000001797.0000001,797 km²)
Chautauqua County	013	Mayville	1808	Genesee County	A Seneca word meaning "where the fish was taken out"	&0000000000136409.000000136,409	&0000000000001062.0000001,062 sq mi (&0000000000002751.0000002,751 km²)
Chemung County	015	Elmira	1836	Tioga County	A Lenape word meaning "big horn", which was the name of a local Native American village	&0000000000091070.00000091,070	&0000000000000410.810000410.81 sq mi (&0000000000001064.0000001,064 km²)
Chenango County	017	Norwich	1798	Tioga County and Herkimer County	An Onondaga word meaning "large bull-thistle"	&0000000000051401.00000051,401	&0000000000000898.850000898.85 sq mi (&0000000000002328.0000002,328 km²)
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	&0000000000079894.00000079,894	&0000000000001118.0000001,118 sq mi (&0000000000002896.0000002,896 km²)
Columbia County	021	Hudson	1786	Albany County	Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), the European explorer	&0000000000063094.00000063,094	&0000000000000648.000000648 sq mi (&0000000000001678.0000001,678 km²)
Cortland County	023	Cortland	1808	Onondaga County	Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721–1814), first Lieutenant Governor of New York	&0000000000048599.00000048,599	&0000000000000502.000000502 sq mi (&0000000000001300.0000001,300 km²)
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	&0000000000048055.00000048,055	&0000000000001468.0000001,468 sq mi (&0000000000003802.0000003,802 km²)
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	&0000000000295146.000000295,146	&0000000000000825.000000825 sq mi (&0000000000002137.0000002,137 km²)
Erie County	029	Buffalo	1821	Niagara County	The Erie tribe of Native Americans	&0000000000950265.000000950,265	&0000000000001044.0000001,044 sq mi (&0000000000002704.0000002,704 km²)
Essex County	031	Elizabethtown	1799	Clinton County	The county of Essex in England	&0000000000038851.00000038,851	&0000000000001916.0000001,916 sq mi (&0000000000004962.0000004,962 km²)
Franklin County	033	Malone	1808	Clinton County	Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), the early American printer, scientist, and statesman	&0000000000051134.00000051,134	&0000000000001697.0000001,697 sq mi (&0000000000004395.0000004,395 km²)
Fulton County	035	Johnstown	1838	Montgomery County	Robert Fulton (1765–1815), inventor of the steamship	&0000000000055073.00000055,073	&0000000000000533.000000533 sq mi (&0000000000001380.0000001,380 km²)
Genesee County	037	Batavia	1802	Ontario County	A Seneca phrase meaning "good valley"	&0000000000060370.00000060,370	&0000000000000495.000000495 sq mi (&0000000000001282.0000001,282 km²)
Greene County	039	Catskill	1800	Albany County and Ulster County	Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), the American Revolutionary War general	&0000000000048195.00000048,195	&0000000000000658.000000658 sq mi (&0000000000001704.0000001,704 km²)
Hamilton County	041	Lake Pleasant	1816	Montgomery County	Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804), the early American political theorist and first Secretary of the Treasury	&0000000000005379.0000005,379	&0000000000001808.0000001,808 sq mi (&0000000000004683.0000004,683 km²)
Herkimer County	043	Herkimer	1791	Montgomery County	Nicholas Herkimer (1728–1777), the American Revolutionary War general	&0000000000064427.00000064,427	&0000000000001458.0000001,458 sq mi (&0000000000003776.0000003,776 km²)
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	&0000000000111738.000000111,738	&0000000000001272.0000001,272 sq mi (&0000000000003294.0000003,294 km²)
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)	&0000000002465326.0000002,465,326	&0000000000000096.90000096.9 sq mi (&0000000000000251.000000251 km²)
Lewis County	049	Lowville	1805	Oneida County	Morgan Lewis (1754–1844), the fourth Governor of New York	&0000000000026944.00000026,944	&0000000000001290.0000001,290 sq mi (&0000000000003341.0000003,341 km²)
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	&0000000000064328.00000064,328	&0000000000000640.000000640 sq mi (&0000000000001658.0000001,658 km²)
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	&0000000000069441.00000069,441	&0000000000000662.000000662 sq mi (&0000000000001715.0000001,715 km²)
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	&0000000000735343.000000735,343	&0000000000000659.000000659 sq mi (&0000000000001707.0000001,707 km²)
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	&0000000000049708.00000049,708	&0000000000000410.000000410 sq mi (&0000000000001062.0000001,062 km²)
Nassau County	059	Mineola	1899	Queens County	William of Orange-Nassau (1650–1702), who became King William III of England	&0000000001334544.0000001,334,544	&0000000000000287.000000287 sq mi (&0000000000000743.000000743 km²)
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	&0000000001537195.0000001,537,195	&0000000000000033.77000033.77 sq mi (&0000000000000087.00000087 km²)
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"	&0000000000219846.000000219,846	&0000000000000523.000000523 sq mi (&0000000000001355.0000001,355 km²)
Oneida County	065	Utica	1798	Herkimer County	The Oneida tribe of Native Americans	&0000000000235469.000000235,469	&0000000000001213.0000001,213 sq mi (&0000000000003142.0000003,142 km²)
Onondaga County	067	Syracuse	1792	Herkimer County	The Onondaga tribe of Native Americans	&0000000000458336.000000458,336	&0000000000000806.000000806 sq mi (&0000000000002088.0000002,088 km²)
Ontario County	069	Canandaigua	1789	Montgomery County	An Iroquoian word meaning "beautiful lake"	&0000000000100224.000000100,224	&0000000000000662.000000662 sq mi (&0000000000001715.0000001,715 km²)
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	&0000000000341367.000000341,367	&0000000000000839.000000839 sq mi (&0000000000002173.0000002,173 km²)
Orleans County	073	Albion	1824	Genesee County	The French Royal House of Orleans	&0000000000044171.00000044,171	&0000000000000391.000000391 sq mi (&0000000000001013.0000001,013 km²)
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	&0000000000122377.000000122,377	&0000000000000953.000000953 sq mi (&0000000000002468.0000002,468 km²)
Otsego County	077	Cooperstown	1791	Montgomery County	A Native American word meaning "place of the rock"	&0000000000061676.00000061,676	&0000000000001003.0000001,003 sq mi (&0000000000002598.0000002,598 km²)
Putnam County	079	Carmel	1812	Dutchess County	Israel Putnam (1718–1790), an American Revolutionary War general	&0000000000095745.00000095,745	&0000000000000246.000000246 sq mi (&0000000000000637.000000637 km²)
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	&0000000002229379.0000002,229,379	&0000000000000178.280000178.28 sq mi (&0000000000000462.000000462 km²)
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	&0000000000152538.000000152,538	&0000000000000665.000000665 sq mi (&0000000000001722.0000001,722 km²)
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	&0000000000443728.000000443,728	&0000000000000102.500000102.5 sq mi (&0000000000000265.000000265 km²)
Rockland County	087	New City	1798	Orange County	Early settlers' description of terrain as "rocky land"	&0000000000286753.000000286,753	&0000000000000199.000000199 sq mi (&0000000000000515.000000515 km²)
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	&0000000000111931.000000111,931	&0000000000002821.0000002,821 sq mi (&0000000000007306.0000007,306 km²)
Saratoga County	091	Ballston Spa	1791	Albany County	A corruption of a Native American word meaning "the hill beside the river"	&0000000000200635.000000200,635	&0000000000000844.000000844 sq mi (&0000000000002186.0000002,186 km²)
Schenectady County	093	Schenectady	1809	Albany County	A Mohawk word meaning "on the other side of the pine lands"	&0000000000146555.000000146,555	&0000000000000210.000000210 sq mi (&0000000000000544.000000544 km²)
Schoharie County	095	Schoharie	1795	Albany County and Otsego County	A Mohawk word meaning "floating driftwood"	&0000000000031582.00000031,582	&0000000000000626.000000626 sq mi (&0000000000001621.0000001,621 km²)
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	&0000000000019224.00000019,224	&0000000000000342.000000342 sq mi (&0000000000000886.000000886 km²)
Seneca County	099	Ovid and Waterloo	1804	Cayuga County	The Seneca tribe of Native Americans	&0000000000033342.00000033,342	&0000000000000325.000000325 sq mi (&0000000000000842.000000842 km²)
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	&0000000000098726.00000098,726	&0000000000001404.0000001,404 sq mi (&0000000000003636.0000003,636 km²)
Suffolk County	103	Riverhead	1683	One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony	The county of Suffolk in England	&0000000001419369.0000001,419,369	&0000000000000912.000000912 sq mi (&0000000000002362.0000002,362 km²)
Sullivan County	105	Monticello	1809	Ulster County	John Sullivan (1740–1795), an American Revolutionary War general	&0000000000073966.00000073,966	&0000000000000997.000000997 sq mi (&0000000000002582.0000002,582 km²)
Tioga County	107	Owego	1791	Montgomery County	A Native American word meaning "at the forks," describing a meeting place	&0000000000051784.00000051,784	&0000000000000523.000000523 sq mi (&0000000000001355.0000001,355 km²)
Tompkins County	109	Ithaca	1817	Cayuga County and Seneca County	Daniel D. Tompkins (1774–1825), the 6th Vice President of the United States	&0000000000096501.00000096,501	&0000000000000476.000000476 sq mi (&0000000000001233.0000001,233 km²)
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	&0000000000177749.000000177,749	&0000000000001161.0000001,161 sq mi (&0000000000003007.0000003,007 km²)
Warren County	113	Queensbury	1813	Washington County	Joseph Warren (1741–1775), the early American patriot and American Revolutionary War general	&0000000000063303.00000063,303	&0000000000000870.000000870 sq mi (&0000000000002253.0000002,253 km²)
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	&0000000000061042.00000061,042	&0000000000000846.000000846 sq mi (&0000000000002191.0000002,191 km²)
Wayne County	117	Lyons	1823	Ontario County and Seneca County	General Anthony Wayne (1745–1796), the American Revolutionary War general	&0000000000093765.00000093,765	&0000000000000604.000000604 sq mi (&0000000000001564.0000001,564 km²)
Westchester County	119	White Plains	1683	One of 12 original counties created in the New York colony	The city of Chester in England	&0000000000923459.000000923,459	&0000000000000500.000000500 sq mi (&0000000000001295.0000001,295 km²)
Wyoming County	121	Warsaw	1841	Genesee County	A modification of a word from the Lenape language meaning "broad bottom lands"	&0000000000043424.00000043,424	&0000000000000596.000000596 sq mi (&0000000000001544.0000001,544 km²)
Yates County	123	Penn Yan	1823	Ontario County and Steuben County	Joseph C. Yates (1768–1837), eighth Governor of New York	&0000000000024621.00000024,621	&0000000000000376.000000376 sq mi (&0000000000000974.000000974 km²)

[edit] Defunct counties

County	Created ^[1]	Abolished ^[1]	Fate^[1]
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
Yorkshire County	1665	1683	Partitioned and eliminated

[edit] Proposed new counties

County	Note
Adirondack County	Would hypothetically consist of portions of northern Essex County and southern Franklin County^[7]
Peconic County	Would hypothetically consist of the five eastnmost towns in Suffolk County on Long Island.^[8]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "New York Formation Maps". Genealogy, Inc.. http://www.mynewyorkgenealogy.com/ny_maps/ny_cf.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
^ ^a ^b Beatty, Michael (2001). County Name Origins of the United States. McFarland Press. ISBN 0786410256.
^ Benjamin, Gerald, Richard P. Nathan (1990). Regionalism and realism: A Study of Government in the New York Metropolitan Area. Brookings Institute. pp. 59.
^ ^a ^b "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". US Environmental Protection Agency. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/ny.html. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "NACo - Find a county". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&statecode=ny. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
^ Legislation splitting off Bronx from Westchester was enacted in 1912 with an effective date of January 1, 1914. See McCarthy, Thomas C.. "A 5-Borough Centennial Preface for the Katharine Bement Davis Mini-History". New York City Department of Corrections. http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/kbd/kbd_brnx.html. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
^ Lynch, Mike (2007-10-30). "North Elba Supervisor Candidate Debate". Plattsburgh Press Republican. http://www.pressrepublican.com/0100_news/local_story_303233100.html. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
^ Healy, Patrick (2004-02-11). "Growth Pains and Clout Heading East in Suffolk". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE7DF123AF932A25751C0A9629C8B63. Retrieved 2008-01-20.

[form-0] "New York Formation Maps". Genealogy, Inc.. http://www.mynewyorkgenealogy.com/ny_maps/ny_cf.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-20.

[etym-1] Beatty, Michael (2001). County Name Origins of the United States. McFarland Press. ISBN 0786410256.

[2] Benjamin, Gerald, Richard P. Nathan (1990). Regionalism and realism: A Study of Government in the New York Metropolitan Area. Brookings Institute. pp. 59.

[epa-3] "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". US Environmental Protection Agency. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/ny.html. Retrieved 2007-07-24.

[NACO-4] "NACo - Find a county". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&statecode=ny. Retrieved 2008-01-20.

[5] Legislation splitting off Bronx from Westchester was enacted in 1912 with an effective date of January 1, 1914. See McCarthy, Thomas C.. "A 5-Borough Centennial Preface for the Katharine Bement Davis Mini-History". New York City Department of Corrections. http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/kbd/kbd_brnx.html. Retrieved 2008-01-25.

[6] Lynch, Mike (2007-10-30). "North Elba Supervisor Candidate Debate". Plattsburgh Press Republican. http://www.pressrepublican.com/0100_news/local_story_303233100.html. Retrieved 2008-01-20.

[7] Healy, Patrick (2004-02-11). "Growth Pains and Clout Heading East in Suffolk". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE7DF123AF932A25751C0A9629C8B63. Retrieved 2008-01-20.

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Contents

[edit] Alphabetical list

[edit] Defunct counties

[edit] Proposed new counties

[edit] See also

[edit] References