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Capital District, New York
The Capital District, also known as the Capital Region, is the metropolitan area surrounding Albany, New York, Albany, the capital (political), capital of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. The Capital District was first settled by the Dutch in the early 17th century and came under English control in 1664. Albany has been the permanent capital of the state of New York since 1797. The Capital District is notable for many historical events that predate the independence of the United States, including the Albany Plan of Union and the Battles of Saratoga. Etymology The earliest known reference to the name "Capital District" stems from a Capital Police District that was created in the Albany area in the late 1860s. In the 1910s, several economic and government organizations covering the area used "Capital District" in their name, such as the Capital District Conference of Charities and Corrections in 1913, the Capital District Life Underwriters Association also in 1913, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mechanicville, New York
Mechanicville is a city in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 5,163 at the 2020 census, a small decrease from 5,196 in 2010. It is the smallest city by area in the state. The name is derived from the occupations of early residents. The city is located on the eastern border of Saratoga County and is north of Albany, the state capital. Mechanicville borders the towns of Stillwater (of which it was once a part) and Halfmoon in the county, and the town of Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County. History The first listing of a settlement on Tenandeho Creek (Anthony Kill) is in 1721. At that time, Cornelius Van Buren had a sawmill at the mouth of the creek where it emptied into the Hudson River. The first documented occurrence of the name "Mechanicville" dates back to 1829. The name comes from the early settlers, who were independent mastercraftsmen such as millers, carpenters, or butchers, whose professions were commonly known as the " mechanical arts" at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greene County, New York
Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,931. Its county seat is Catskill. The county's name is in honor of the American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene. The county is part of the Capital District region of the state. History On March 25, 1800, Greene County was created by the partitioning of Albany (360 Square Miles) and Ulster (270 Square Miles) counties, producing a county of .New York. ''Laws of New York.'', 1800, 23rd Session, Chapter 51; Page 493 On April 3, 1801, of land was transferred from Delaware and Ulster counties, raising the total area to . This transferred Prattsville, Vly Mountain, Halcott Center, Bushnellsville, Highmount, Shandaken, Lanesville, and Pine Hill within Greene County.New York. ''Laws of New York.'', 1801, 24th Session, Chapter 123, Page 290. On May 26, 1812, Greene County lost to Ulster County, lowering the total area to , reassigning Pine Hill, Highmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulton County, New York
Fulton County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. It forms part of the state's Mohawk Valley region. Its county seat is Johnstown. At the 2020 U.S. census, the county had a population of 53,324. The county is named in honor of Robert Fulton, who is widely credited with developing the first commercially successful steamboat. The county is part of the Mohawk Valley region of the state. History In 1838, Fulton County was split off from Montgomery, shortly after the Montgomery county seat was moved to Fonda, New York. The creation of Fulton County was engineered by Johnstown lawyer Daniel Cady, whose wife was a cousin of Robert Fulton. Fulton County was created on April 18, 1838, by a partition of Montgomery County, resulting in a county with an area of .New York. ''Laws of New York.'': 1838, 61st Session, Chapter 332, Section 1, Page 328. The old Tryon County courthouse, built in 1772, later the Montgomery County courthouse, became the Fulton County Courthous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia County, New York
Columbia County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 61,570. The county seat is Hudson, New York, Hudson. The name comes from the Latin feminine form of the surname of Christopher Columbus, which was at the time of the formation of the county a popular proposal for the name of the United States. The county is the southern end of the Capital District (New York), Capital District of the state. History At the arrival of European colonists the area was inhabited by the indigenous peoples, indigenous Mahican, Mohican Indians. To the west of the river were the Mohawk and other four tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy, extending past what is now the border of New York state. The first known European exploration of Columbia County was in 1609, when Henry Hudson, an English explorer sailing for the Dutch, ventured up the Hudson River. An accident to his craft forced him to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albany County, New York
Albany County ( ) is a county (United States), county in the U.S. state, state of New York (state), New York, United States. Its northern border is formed by the Mohawk River, at its confluence with the Hudson River, which is to the east. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 314,848. The county seat and largest city is Albany, New York, Albany, which is also the List of U.S. state capitals, state capital of New York. As originally established by the English government in the colonial era, Albany County had an indefinite amount of land, but has had an area of since March 3, 1888. The county is named for the Duke of York and Duke of Albany, of Albany, who became James II of England (James VII of Scotland). The county is part of the Capital District (New York), Capital District region of the state. History Colonial After England took control of the colony of New Netherland from the Dutch colonization of the Americas, Dutch, Albany County was created on Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County (New York)
The administrative divisions of New York are the various units of government that provide local services in the American state of New York. The state is divided into boroughs, counties, cities, towns, and villages. (The only boroughs, the five boroughs of New York City, have the same boundaries as their respective counties.) They are municipal corporations, chartered (created) by the New York State Legislature, as under the New York State Constitution the only body that can create governmental units is the state. All of them have their own governments, sometimes with no paid employees, that provide local services. Centers of population that are not incorporated and have no government or local services are designated hamlets. Whether a municipality is defined as a borough, city, town, or village is determined not by population or land area, but rather on the form of government selected by the residents and approved by the New York State Legislature. Each type of local governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watervliet, New York
Watervliet ( or ) is a City (New York), city in northeastern Albany County, New York, United States. The population was 10,375 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Watervliet is north of Albany, New York, Albany, the capital city, capital of the state, and is bordered on the north, west, and south by the Town (New York), town of Colonie, New York, Colonie. The city is also known as "the Arsenal City". History The explorer Henry Hudson arrived in the area of Watervliet around 1609. The area was first settled in 1643 as part of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck, Rensselaerswyck patroonship, under the direction of Kiliaen van Rensselaer (Dutch merchant), Kiliaen van Rensselaer. In 1710, Derrick van der Heyden operated a ferry from the Bleeker Farm (near 16th Street) across the Hudson River to Troy. Troops during the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War used this ferry in 1777 on their way to Bemis Heights and Stillwater, New York, Stillwater for the Battle of Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterford (village), New York
Waterford is a village in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 2,038 at the 2020 census. The name derives from the ford between the mainland and Peebles Island. The Village of Waterford is located in the southeastern part of the Town of Waterford, north-northwest of Troy, New York. The village is located just north of the falls where the eastbound Mohawk River empties into the southbound Hudson River. History The site of the village was occupied as "Half Moon Point" in the 17th century. It was then in the territory of Mahican natives. This early village was at the ford between Peebles Island and the mainland. The approximate location of this ford is in the area of the Second Street Bridge. Though the construction of the Erie Canal destroyed much of the ford for which the village is named, remnants of an unnamed and often submerged island can still be seen southwest of the entrance to the canal. The village claims to be the oldest continuously in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troy, New York
Troy is a city in and the county seat of Rensselaer County, New York, United States. It is located on the western edge of the county, on the eastern bank of the Hudson River just northeast of the capital city of Albany, New York, Albany. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of Troy was 51,401. Troy has close ties to Albany and nearby Schenectady, New York, Schenectady, forming a region called the Capital District (New York), Capital District, which has a population of 1.24 million. The area long had been occupied by the Mohican Indian tribe, but Dutch settlement began in the mid-17th century. The Dutch colony was conquered by the English in 1664, renamed Troy in 1789 and was incorporated as a Town (New York), town in 1791. Due to the confluence of major waterways and a geography that supported water power, the American Industrial Revolution took hold in this area, making Troy reputedly the fourth-wealthiest city in America around the turn of the 20th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Glens Falls, New York
South Glens Falls is a village in northern Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 3,744 at the 2020 census. The village is surrounded by Town of Moreau and separated from the City of Glens Falls by the Hudson River Cooper's Cave, shown on the village seal, is named after the author James Fenimore Cooper. Cooper was inspired to use the area as a location in his novel, ''The Last of the Mohicans'', after visiting the area. The cave is within the bedrock of the Hudson River, but a viewing platform under the bridge between the village and Glens Falls allow visitors to see it from a unique vantage point. History In the late woodland period, the area was considered to be the winter hunting grounds for the Mohawk and Algonquian tribes. Slowly, the area became attractive to settlement as good were transported through the "Great Carry" (now Route 9), between Glens Falls and Fort Edward.http://www.sgfny.com/about-south-glens-falls-ny.htm#history In 1766, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schenectady, New York
Schenectady ( ) is a City (New York), city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the United States Census 2020, 2020 census, the city's population of 67,047 made it the state's ninth-most populous city and the twenty-fifth most-populous municipality. The city is in eastern New York, near the confluence of the Mohawk River, Mohawk and Hudson River, Hudson rivers. It is in the same Capital District (New York), metropolitan area as the state capital, Albany, New York, Albany, which is about southeast. Schenectady was founded on the south side of the Mohawk River by Dutch colonists in the 17th century, many of whom came from the Albany area. The name "Schenectady" is derived from the Mohawk language, Mohawk word ''skahnéhtati'', meaning "beyond the pines" and used for the area around Albany, New York. Residents of the new village developed farms on strip plots along the river. Union College, the first non-denominational institut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
