Rensselaer County

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Rensselaer County Courthouse
Rensselaer County Courthouse
administration
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
Map of Rensselaer County within New York
Website : www.rensco.com
Seal Rensselaer County

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

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

Coordinates: 42 ° 43 ′  N , 73 ° 31 ′  W