Rensselaer County

administration
Rensselaer County Courthouse
US state :	new York
Administrative headquarters :	Troy
Foundation :	February 7, 1791
Made up from:	Albany County
Area code :	001 518
Demographics
Residents :	152,538 (2000)
Population density :	90.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1723 km²
Water surface :	30 km²
map

Website : www.rensco.com

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Rensselaer County is a county in the state of New York in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 152,538 people and a population density of 90 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Troy .

history

The county was formed from Albany County on February 7, 1791 . It was named after the Dutch diamond dealer Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1585-1643), who acquired a large estate (Rensselaerswijck) in the area of today's Rensselaer County and today's Albany County in the colony of New Netherlands .

The Fort Crailo is (2010) one of five National Historic Landmark in Rensselaer County.

Five locations have National Historic Landmark status . 103 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 20, 2018).

geography

The county has an area of 1723 square kilometers, of which 30 square kilometers are water. Rensselaer County is bordered to the north by Washington County , to the south by Columbia County , to the west by Albany Counties and Saratoga Counties, and to the east by the states of Massachusetts and Vermont . The highest point in the county, the 859 meter high Berlin Mountain, is located in the municipality of Berlin . On the banks of the Hudson River , the lowest point in the county is about 6 meters above sea level .

Cities and towns

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 974140. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Freedoms, as Given by the Council of the Nineteen of the Chartered West India Company to All those who Want to Establish a Colony in New Netherland . 1630. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: New York . National Park Service , accessed February 20, 2018.
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 20, 2018.

42.71 -73.51Coordinates: 42 ° 43 ′ N , 73 ° 31 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 974140. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[WDL-2] Freedoms, as Given by the Council of the Nineteen of the Chartered West India Company to All those who Want to Establish a Colony in New Netherland . 1630. Retrieved July 28, 2013.

[3] Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: New York . National Park Service , accessed February 20, 2018.

[4] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 20, 2018.