Place:New York, New York, United States

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

source: Family History Library Catalog

New York county is a county. In the system of boroughs of New York City, it is the county which is coterminous with the borough of Manhattan.

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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990

Note: From Colonial times to 1874 New York County was conterminous with New York city and had substantially the same area as present-day New York County. In 1874 and 1895, the county and city annexed portions of Westchester County. In 1912 the annexed portions became Bronx County (see note 2), leaving New York County with essentially its pre-1874 boundaries. The population of New York County's present-day area was: 1880, 1,164,673; 1890, 1,441,216; 1900: 1,850,093; 1910, 2,331,542. (Since 1898 this area also has comprised Manhattan Borough of New York city.) Also in 1898, Kings County (Brooklyn Borough), Richmond County (Richmond Borough, renamed Staten Island Borough in 1975) and part of Queens County (see note 5) became parts of New York City while remaining separate counties.

Research Tips

External links

• Outstanding guide to Manhattan family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, naturalizations, wills, deeds, county and town histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
• www.rootsweb.com/~nymanhat/