The Town of Greenbush is a former

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in the

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. At first it was part of Albany County, then

Rensselaer County Rensselaer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,130. Its county seat is Troy. The county is named in honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original Dutch owner of the ...

, after the latter was created in 1791. The current towns of East Greenbush and North Greenbush were parts of the former Town of Greenbush. However, it also included the Village of Greenbush, incorporated in 1815, and the

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s of Bath and East Albany. The Village of Greenbush, including

Fort Crailo The Crailo State Historic Site (also known as Fort Crailo and Yankee Doodle House) is a historic, fortified brick manor house in Rensselaer, New York which was built in 1707. The word ''Crailo'' is derived from ''kraaien bos'' (Dutch for "crow's w ...

, was changed by the

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to the City of Rensselaer in 1897. At that time the Village and Town of Greenbush ceased to exist.

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Lucy Wood Butler Lucy Wood Butler (also known as, Mrs. Allen Butler; February 18, 1820 – March 17, 1895) was a 19th-century American pioneer temperance leader. She was the first president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.) of New York. But ...

(1820-1895), temperance leader *

Edmonia Lewis Mary Edmonia Lewis, also known as "Wildfire" (c. July 4, 1844 – September 17, 1907), was an American sculptor, of mixed African-American and Native American ( Mississauga Ojibwe) heritage. Born free in Upstate New York, she worked for most of ...

(1844–1907), sculptor File:Rensselaer County 1829 Restored.jpg, Map of Rensselaer County from 1829, showing the former Town of Greenbush. Note Village of Greenbush. File:RensselaerCounty_Map_2.svg, Rensselaer County today (2020)

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