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This list contains all municipalities incorporated as
cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
in the
State of New York New York, officially the State of New York, is a state in the Northeastern United States. It is often called New York State to distinguish it from its largest city, New York City. With a total area of , New York is the 27th-largest U.S. stat ...
and shows the
county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
in which each city is located. Two cities (
New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the U ...
and Albany) were incorporated in the 17th century, while the most recent incorporation, of Rye, occurred in 1942. Except for Sherrill, the cities are distinct from towns.
Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situ ...
and New York are the only cities in more than one county. __NOTOC__


List of cities


Extremes in size and population

The most populous and largest city by area in the state is by far
New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the U ...
, home to 8,804,190 people and comprising just over of land ( including water). The least populous city is Sherrill, with just 3,071 inhabitants. The smallest city by area is Mechanicville, which covers (of which is water).


Gallery

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New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the U ...
, largest city in New York and the
United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...
. File:Buffalo Panorama 2015.jpg, Buffalo, the second largest city in New York File:2013-05-05 13 23 39 View of Yonkers, New York from Alpine Overlook on the New Jersey Palisades.jpg,
Yonkers Yonkers () is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. Developed along the Hudson River, it is the third most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City and Buffalo. The population of Yonkers was 211,569 as enu ...
, the third largest. File:Rochester Dec 2015.jpg,
Rochester Rochester may refer to: Places Australia * Rochester, Victoria Canada * Rochester, Alberta United Kingdom *Rochester, Kent ** City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area ** History of Rochester, Kent ** HM Prison ...
, the fourth largest. File:Syracuse skyline.jpg,
Syracuse Syracuse may refer to: Places Italy *Syracuse, Sicily, or spelled as ''Siracusa'' *Province of Syracuse United States * Syracuse, New York ** East Syracuse, New York ** North Syracuse, New York * Syracuse, Indiana *Syracuse, Kansas *Syracuse, M ...
, the fifth largest. File:AlbanyNewYorkfromRensselaer.jpg, Albany, the sixth largest and capital of
New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...
. File:SW End US 1 Split; New Rochelle, NY.jpg,
New Rochelle New Rochelle (; older french: La Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the southeastern portion of the state. In 2020, the city had a population of 79,726, making it the seventh-largest in the state of ...
, the seventh largest. File:NY 22 in Mount Vernon.JPG,
Mount Vernon Mount Vernon is an American landmark and former plantation of Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States George Washington and his wife, Martha. The estate is ...
, the eighth largest File:Schenectady skyline.jpg,
Schenectady Schenectady () is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city's population of 67,047 made it the state's ninth-largest city by population. The city is in eastern New Yo ...
, the ninth largest. File:Utica NY as seen from the Arterial.jpg, Utica, the tenth largest File:City of White Plains, Jul 2012.jpg, White Plains, the eleventh largest. File:Niagara Falls, New York from Skylon Tower cropped.jpg,
Niagara Falls Niagara Falls () is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Fall ...
, the twelfth largest. File:Downtown Troy.JPG,
Troy Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, south-west of Çan ...
, the thirteenth largest. File:Binghamton, New York skyline, June 2007.jpg,
Binghamton Binghamton () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, and serves as the county seat of Broome County. Surrounded by rolling hills, it lies in the state's Southern Tier region near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the confluenc ...
, the fourteenth largest. File:Long Beach, NY aerial from the west 01 - equalized (9454116483).jpg,
Long Beach Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California. Incorporated ...
, the sixteenth largest. File:Poughkeepsie, NY with evening balloon take-off.JPG, Poughkeepsie, the seventeenth largest. File:Downtown Jamestown.JPG, Jamestown, the nineteenth largest. File:Publicsquareeast2008.JPG, Watertown, the twenty-fifth largest.


See also

* List of city nicknames in New York *
Administrative divisions of New York The administrative divisions of New York are the various units of government that provide local government, local services in the New York (state), State of New York. The state is divided into boroughs of New York City, boroughs, counties, c ...
*
List of counties in New York There are 62 county (United States), counties in the U.S. state, state of New York (state), New York. The first 12 were created immediately after the British took over the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam; two of these counties were later aboli ...
*
List of towns in New York This is a list of towns in New York. As of the 2020 United States population census, the 62 counties of the State of New York are subdivided into 933 towns and 61 cities. Each town is contained within a single county, although there are ten ...
*
List of villages in New York This is a list of villages in New York, which includes all 534 villages in the U.S. state of New York. At the time of the 2010 United States Census, the state of New York had 555 villages. Since then, 21 villages were dissolved (four in Catta ...
* List of census-designated places in New York


Footnotes

  1. ^ Geneva is located within both the counties of Ontario and Seneca, although the section in Seneca County has no population and is all water.
  2. ^ 1653 is the officially recognized date.
    Peter Stuyvesant Peter Stuyvesant (; in Dutch language, Dutch also ''Pieter'' and ''Petrus'' Stuyvesant, ; 1610 – August 1672)Mooney, James E. "Stuyvesant, Peter" in p.1256 was a Dutch colonial officer who served as the last Dutch Director of New Netherlan ...
    convinced the
    States General of the Netherlands The States General of the Netherlands ( nl, Staten-Generaal ) is the supreme bicameral legislature of the Netherlands consisting of the Senate () and the House of Representatives (). Both chambers meet at the Binnenhof in The Hague. The States ...
    to charter the city of Nieuw Amsterdam in 1653. The English envoy,
    Richard Nicolls Richard Nicolls (sometimes written as Nichols, 1624 – 28 May 1672) was the first English colonial governor of New York province. Early life Nicolls was born in 1624 in Ampthill in Bedfordshire, England. He was the son of Francis Nicolls (1 ...
    , renamed the city "New York" two days after capturing it in 1664. Provincial governor
    Thomas Dongan Thomas Dongan, (pronounced "Dungan") 2nd Earl of Limerick (1634 – 14 December 1715), was a member of the Irish Parliament, Royalist military officer during the English Civil War, and Governor of the Province of New York. He is noted for hav ...
    rechartered the city under the auspices of the
    Duke of York Duke of York is a title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Since the 15th century, it has, when granted, usually been given to the second son of List of English monarchs, English (later List of British monarchs, British) monarchs. ...
    in 1683, though the charter was not published until 1686. Finally, New York was reincorporated to include all five of its present boroughs in 1898.


References

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Cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...