Rockland County

Rockland County Courthouse
administration
US state :	new York
Administrative headquarters :	New City
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Allison-Parris County Office Building 11 New Hempstead Rd. New City, NY 10956
Foundation :	February 23, 1798
Made up from:	Orange County
Area code :	001 845
Demographics
Residents :	286,753  (2000)
Population density :	635.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	516 km²
Water surface :	65 km²
map
Website : www.co.rockland.ny.us

Rockland County is a county in the state of New York in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 286,753 people and a population density of 636 people per square kilometer. The county seat is New City .

history

Rockland County was formed on February 23, 1798 from the southeastern part of Orange County .

The De Wint House (2007) is one of three National Historic Landmarks in the county.

Three locations have National Historic Landmark status , the Stony Point Battlefield , De Wint House and the Palisades Interstate Park . 78 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 21, 2018).

geography

The county covers an area of ​​516 square kilometers, of which 65 square kilometers are water. Rockland County is bordered to the south by Bergen County in New Jersey , to the west by Orange County and to the east by the Hudson River , which forms the border with Westchester County .

Cities and towns

• Airmont
• Bardonia
• Blauvelt
• Chestnut Ridge
• Clarkstown
• Congers
• Grand View-on-Hudson
• Haverstraw
• Hillburn
• Hillcrest
• Kaser
• Monsey
• Montebello
• Mount Ivy
• Nanuet
• New City
• New Hempstead
• New Square
• Nyack
• Orangeburg
• Orange Town
• Pearl River
• Piermont
• Pomona
• Ramapo
• Sloatsburg
• South Nyack
• Spring Valley
• Stony Point
• Suffern
• Tappan
• Thiells
• Upper Nyack
• Valley Cottage
• viola
• Wesley Hills
• West Haverstraw
• West Nyack

Web links

Commons : Rockland County  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 974142. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: New York . National Park Service , accessed February 21, 2018.
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 21, 2018.

Coordinates: 41 ° 9 ′  N , 74 ° 2 ′  W