There are three types of
incorporated municipalities in the
Capital District of the
U.S. state
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of
New York:
Cities
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,
towns, and
villages
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
. In the State of New York, all the land located in a
county is either in a city, in a town, or in an Indian Reservation. New York villages are located within one or more towns and may cross town or county lines. There are 11 counties in the Capital District comprising 13 cities, 143 towns, and 62 villages. The counties are
Albany,
Columbia,
Greene
Greene may refer to:
Places United States
*Greene, Indiana, an unincorporated community
*Greene, Iowa, a city
*Greene, Maine, a town
** Greene (CDP), Maine, in the town of Greene
*Greene (town), New York
** Greene (village), New York, in the town ...
,
Fulton
Fulton may refer to:
People
* Robert Fulton (1765–1815), American engineer and inventor who developed the first commercially successful steam-powered ship
* Fulton (surname)
Given name
* Fulton Allem (born 1957), South African golfer
* Fult ...
,
Montgomery,
Rensselaer,
Saratoga,
Schenectady,
Schoharie,
Warren, and
Washington. The village of
Green Island is
coterminous with the town of the same name.
Ballston Spa
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,
Broadalbin,
Cambridge,
Chatham,
Fort Plain,
Greenwich
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Greenwich is notable for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich ...
,
Nassau, and
Valley Falls are villages that cross into two towns. The village of
Dolgeville is partly in Fulton County, but is mostly in
Herkimer County
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, which is part of the
Utica-Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Ten of the eleven counties of the Capital District make up two
Metropolitan Statistical Area
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s (MSA) and three
Micropolitan Statistical Areas (µSA); together, those five statistical areas make up the Albany-Schenectady-Amsterdam
Combined Statistical Area
Combined statistical area (CSA) is a United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) term for a combination of adjacent metropolitan (MSA) and micropolitan statistical areas (µSA) across the 50 US states and the territory of Puerto Ric ...
. Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Schoharie Counties make up the Albany-Schenectady-Troy MSA; while Warren and Washington counties are the constituent counties of the
Glens Falls MSA. Fulton County is the sole county in the Gloversville µSA, Montgomery County is the Amsterdam µSA, and Columbia County is the Hudson µSA. Greene County is not in any CSA, MSA, or µSA.
Incorporated cities, towns, and villages
See also
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Timeline of town creation in New York's Capital District
The towns and cities of New York's Capital District were created by the U.S. state of New York as municipalities in order to give residents more direct say over local government. The Capital District is an 11 county area, which consists of the co ...
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Administrative divisions of New York
The administrative divisions of New York are the various units of government that provide local services in the State of New York. The state is divided into boroughs, counties, cities, townships called "towns", and villages. (The only boro ...
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List of cities in New York
This list contains all municipalities incorporated as cities in the State of New York and shows the county in which each city is located.
Two cities ( New York City and Albany) were incorporated in the 17th century, while the most recent inco ...
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List of towns in New York
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List of villages in New York
References
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Capital District (New York)