List of cities in New York
This list contains all municipalities incorporated as cities in New York state and shows the county in which each city is located.
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Two cities (New York and Albany) were incorporated in the 17th century, while the most recent incorporation, of Rye, occurred in 1942. Except for Sherrill, the cities are distinct from towns. Geneva and New York are the only cities in more than one county.
List of cities
City | County | Population [1][2] (2010 census) |
Incorporation date |
FIPS code (subdivision) |
FIPS code (place) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albany | Albany | 97,856 | 1686 | 3600101000 | 3601000 |
Amsterdam | Montgomery | 18,620 | 1830 | 3605702066 | 3602066 |
Auburn | Cayuga | 27,687 | 1848 | 3601103078 | 3603078 |
Batavia | Genesee | 15,465 | 1915 | 3603704715 | 3604715 |
Beacon | Dutchess | 15,541 | 1913 | 3602705100 | 3605100 |
Binghamton | Broome | 47,376 | 1867 | 3600706607 | 3606607 |
Buffalo | Erie | 261,310 | 1832 | 3602911000 | 3611000 |
Canandaigua | Ontario | 10,545 | 1913 | 3606912144 | 3612144 |
Cohoes | Albany | 16,168 | 1869 | 3600116749 | 3616749 |
Corning | Steuben | 11,183 | 1890 | 3610118256 | 3618256 |
Cortland | Cortland | 19,204 | 1900 | 3602318388 | 3618388 |
Dunkirk | Chautauqua | 12,563 | 1888 | 3601321105 | 3621105 |
Elmira | Chemung | 29,200 | 1864 | 3601524229 | 3624229 |
Fulton | Oswego | 11,896 | 1902 | 3607527815 | 3627815 |
Geneva | Ontario Seneca[A] | 13,261 | 1898 | 3606928640 3609928640 | 3628640 |
Glen Cove | Nassau | 26,964 | 1918 | 3605929113 | 3629113 |
Glens Falls | Warren | 14,700 | 1908 | 3611329333 | 3629333 |
Gloversville | Fulton | 15,665 | 1890 | 3603529443 | 3629443 |
Hornell | Steuben | 8,563 | 1888 | 3610135672 | 3635672 |
Hudson | Columbia | 6,713 | 1785 | 3602135969 | 3635969 |
Ithaca | Tompkins | 30,014 | 1888 | 3610938077 | 3638077 |
Jamestown | Chautauqua | 31,146 | 1886 | 3601338264 | 3638264 |
Johnstown | Fulton | 8,743 | 1895 | 3603538781 | 3638781 |
Kingston | Ulster | 23,893 | 1872 | 3611139727 | 3639727 |
Lackawanna | Erie | 18,141 | 1909 | 3602940189 | 3640189 |
Little Falls | Herkimer | 4,946 | 1895 | 3604342741 | 3642741 |
Lockport | Niagara | 21,165 | 1865 | 3606343082 | 3643082 |
Long Beach | Nassau | 33,275 | 1922 | 3605943335 | 3643335 |
Mechanicville | Saratoga | 5,196 | 1915 | 3609146360 | 3646360 |
Middletown | Orange | 28,086 | 1888 | 3607147042 | 3647042 |
Mount Vernon | Westchester | 67,292 | 1892 | 3611949121 | 3649121 |
New Rochelle | Westchester | 77,062 | 1889 | 3611950617 | 3650617 |
New York | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond | 8,175,133 | 1653[B] | 3651000 | |
Newburgh | Orange | 28,866 | 1865 | 3607150034 | 3650034 |
Niagara Falls | Niagara | 50,193 | 1892 | 3606351055 | 3651055 |
North Tonawanda | Niagara | 31,568 | 1897 | 3606353682 | 3653682 |
Norwich | Chenango | 7,190 | 1914 | 3601753979 | 3653979 |
Ogdensburg | St. Lawrence | 11,128 | 1868 | 3608954485 | 3654485 |
Olean | Cattaraugus | 14,452 | 1854 | 3600954716 | 3654716 |
Oneida | Madison | 11,393 | 1901 | 3605354837 | 3654837 |
Oneonta | Otsego | 13,901 | 1908 | 3607754881 | 3654881 |
Oswego | Oswego | 18,142 | 1848 | 3607555574 | 3655574 |
Peekskill | Westchester | 23,583 | 1940 | 3611956979 | 3656979 |
Plattsburgh | Clinton | 19,989 | 1902 | 3601958574 | 3658574 |
Port Jervis | Orange | 8,828 | 1907 | 3607159388 | 3659388 |
Poughkeepsie | Dutchess | 32,736 | 1854 | 3602759641 | 3659641 |
Rensselaer | Rensselaer | 9,392 | 1897 | 3608361148 | 3661148 |
Rochester | Monroe | 210,565 | 1834 | 3605563000 | 3663000 |
Rome | Oneida | 33,725 | 1870 | 3606563418 | 3663418 |
Rye | Westchester | 15,720 | 1942 | 3611964309 | 3664309 |
Salamanca | Cattaraugus | 5,815 | 1913 | 3600964749 | 3664749 |
Saratoga Springs | Saratoga | 26,586 | 1915 | 3609165255 | 3665255 |
Schenectady | Schenectady | 66,135 | 1798 | 3609365508 | 3665508 |
Sherrill | Oneida | 3,071 | 1916 | 3606566993 | 3666993 |
Syracuse | Onondaga | 145,170 | 1848 | 3606773000 | 3673000 |
Tonawanda | Erie | 15,130 | 1904 | 3602974166 | 3674166 |
Troy | Rensselaer | 50,129 | 1816 | 3608375484 | 3675484 |
Utica | Oneida | 62,235 | 1832 | 3606576540 | 3676540 |
Watertown | Jefferson | 27,023 | 1869 | 3604578608 | 3678608 |
Watervliet | Albany | 10,254 | 1896 | 3600178674 | 3678674 |
White Plains | Westchester | 56,853 | 1916 | 3611981677 | 3681677 |
Yonkers | Westchester | 195,976 | 1872 | 3611984000 | 3684000 |
Extremes in size and population
The most populous and largest city by area in the state is by far New York, home to 8,175,133 people and comprising just over 300 square miles (800 km2) of land (468.87 square miles (1,210 km2) including water). The least populous city is Sherrill, with just 3,071 inhabitants. The smallest city by area is Mechanicville, which covers 0.91 square miles (2.4 km2) (of which 0.08 square miles (0.2 km2) is water).[1][2]
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See also
Footnotes
- ^ Geneva is located within both the counties of Ontario and Seneca, although the section in Seneca County has no population and is all water.[3]
- ^ 1653 is the officially recognized date.[4] Peter Stuyvesant convinced the States General of the Netherlands to charter the city of Nieuw Amsterdam in 1653.[5] The English envoy, Richard Nicolls, renamed the city "New York" two days after capturing it in 1664.[6] Provincial governor Thomas Dongan rechartered the city under the auspices of the Duke of York in 1683,[7] though the charter was not published until 1686.[8] Finally, New York was reincorporated to include all five of its present boroughs in 1898.
References
- "New York". US Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2016-09-29. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
- Overview of Geneva city near county borders (Map). USGS (ACME mapper). Retrieved 2009-06-25.
- "New York 1653–1953", The New York Times, New York, New York, 1953-02-02, ISSN 0362-4331, retrieved 2009-05-24
- Roosevelt, Theodore (1891), New York: A Sketch of the City's Social, Political, and Commercial Progress from the First Dutch Settlement to Recent Times, New York, New York: Longmans, Green, p. 30, OCLC 2306039, retrieved 2009-05-24,
It was under Stuyvesant, in 1653, that the town was formally incorporated as a city
- Roosevelt, Theodore (1891), New York: A Sketch of the City’s Social, Political, and Commercial Progress from the First Dutch Settlement to Recent Times, New York, New York: Longmans, Green, p. 46, OCLC 2306039, retrieved 2009-05-24,
The expedition against New Amsterdam had been organized with the Duke of York, afterward King James II., as its special patron, and the city was rechristened in his honor.
- Roosevelt, Theodore (1891), New York: A Sketch of the City’s Social, Political, and Commercial Progress from the First Dutch Settlement to Recent Times, New York, New York: Longmans, Green, p. 56, OCLC 2306039, retrieved 2009-05-24,
Under the influence of Dongan, he did indeed grant to the city itself a charter of special rights and privileges
- Dongan, Thomas (1694), The charter of the city of New-York, New York, New York: William Bradford, OCLC 55899385, retrieved 2009-05-24