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Columbia County
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county in New York, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- Founded
- April 4, 1786 ; 240 years ago ( 1786-04-04 )
- Named after
- Columbia
- Seat
- Hudson
- Largest city
- Kinderhook
- Total
- 648 sq mi (1,680 km )
- Land
- 635 sq mi (1,640 km )
- Water
- 14 sq mi (36 km ) 2.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 60,168
- Density
- 97.0/sq mi (37.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 19th
- Website
- www .columbiacountyny .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Christopher Columbus
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- New York
- Contains
- Hudson
- Capital
- Hudson
- Population
- 61570
- Area
- 1679
- Shares border with
- Ulster County
- Official website
- www.columbiacountyny.org
- Image
- First Columbia County courthouse, Claverack, NY.jpg
- Households
- 25323
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- Commons category
- Columbia County, New York
- topic's main category
- Category:Columbia County, New York
- inception
- 1786-04-04
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Columbia County, New York
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Columbia County, New York
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Columbia County, New York
- different from
- Columbia County
- water as percent of area
- 2.1
- native label
- Columbia County
- per capita income
- 40475
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Encyclopedic overview
William Henry Ludlow House, built in 1786, Hudson, NY
Columbia County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. At the 2020 census, the population was 61,570. The county seat is Hudson. The name comes from the Latin feminine form of the surname of Christopher Columbus, which was at the time of the formation of the county a popular proposal for the name of the United States. The county is part of the Capital District region of the state.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Columbia County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.