Place:Rensselaer, New York, United States

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Name
Rensselaer
Alternate names
Rensselaer     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Type
County
Coordinates
42.717°N 73.483°W
Located in
New York, United States     (1791 - )
See also
Albany, New York, United States     (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
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Averill Park
Hampton Manor
West Sand Lake
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Babcock Lake
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Brookview
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Brunswick
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Castleton-on-Hudson
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Cherry Plain
Clinton Heights
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Clums Corner
Couse
Cropseyville
Defreestville
Denault Corners
Dunham Hollow
Eagle Bridge
Eagle Mills
East Buskirk
East Grafton
East Greenbush
East Hoosick
East Nassau
East Pittstown
East Poestenkill
East Schodack
Eastmor
Factory Hollow
Garfield
Glass Lake
Grafton
Grant Hollow
Hampton Park
Haynersville
Hemstreet Park
Hoag Corners
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Junction
Hoosick
Ives Corner
Johnsonville
Lansingburgh
Lincolnville
Luther
Maple Grove
Melrose
Millers Corners
Mountain View
Muitzes Kill
Nassau
North Greenbush
North Hoosick
North Nassau
North Petersburg
North Schodack
North Stephentown
Petersburg
Petersburgh
Pittstown
Pleasautdale
Poestenkill
Potter Hill
Prospect Heights
Quackenkill
Raymertown
Rensselaer
Sand Lake
Schaghticoke (town)
Schaghticoke Hill
Schaghticoke
Schodack Center
Schodack Landing
Schodack
Sherwood Park
Sliters
Snyders Corner
South Schodack
South Troy
Southwest Hoosick
Speigletown
Stephentown Center
Stephentown
Stillham
Stony Point
Sycaway
Taborton
Tamarack
Tomhannock
Troy
Valley Falls
Van Allen Park
Walloomsac
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Rensselaer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2000 census, the population was 152,538. Its name is in honor of the family of Killiaen Van Rensselaer, the original Dutch owner of the land in the area. Its county seat is Troy. It is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area.It is one of only four counties in New York State to currently have a women county executive. The current county executive is Kathleen M. Jimino.

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History

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The county was a part of Rensselaerwyck, an immense land holding purchased by Kiliaen van Rensselaer from the Mohawk and Mohican Indians, starting in 1630.

When counties were established in New York in 1683, the present Rensselaer County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of present-day New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. This county was reduced in size on July 3, 1766 by the creation of Cumberland County, and further on March 16, 1770 by the creation of Gloucester County, both containing territory now in Vermont.

Then, on March 12, 1772, Albany County was divided into the counties of Albany, Tryon (now Montgomery), and Charlotte (now Washington). From 1772 to 1786 Albany County included, besides the present territory of Albany County, all of the present Columbia, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady Counties, parts of the present Greene and Washington Counties, and a piece of what is now southwestern Vermont.

In 1786, Albany County was reduced in size by the splitting off of Columbia County.

In 1791, Rensselaer County (as well as Saratoga County) was split off from Albany County.

Timeline

Date Event Source
1791 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1791 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1800 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1800 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1800 30,351
1810 36,309
1820 40,153
1830 49,424
1840 60,259
1850 73,363
1860 86,328
1870 99,549
1880 115,328
1890 124,511
1900 121,697
1910 122,276
1920 113,129
1930 119,781
1940 121,834
1950 132,607
1960 142,585
1970 152,510
1980 151,966
1990 154,429

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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Rensselaer County, New York. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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