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Schenectady County

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Also known as Schenectady County, New York, Schenectady County, NY

county in New York, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
New York
Named after
Mohawk skahn-éht-ati , "beyond the pines"
Seat
Schenectady
Largest city
Schenectady
Total
209 sq mi (540 km )
Land
205 sq mi (530 km )
Water
4.9 sq mi (13 km ) 2.3%
Estimate 2025
162,581
Density
772.3/sq mi (298.2/km )
Time zone
UTC−5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst
UTC−4 ( EDT )
Congressional district
20th
Website
www .schenectadycountyny .gov

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Wikidata facts

Located in
New York
Population
158061
Area
543
Shares border with
Saratoga County
Headquarters
Schenectady
Image
Nott and Chapel.JPG
Households
57479
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Commons category
Schenectady County, New York
inception
1809-00-00
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Schenectady County, New York
water as percent of area
2.3
native label
Schenectady County
social media followers
4529
different from
Schenectady
per capita income
33379
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Encyclopedic overview

Schenectady County (/skəˈnɛktədi/) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,061. The county seat is Schenectady. The name is from a Mohawk language word meaning "on the other side of the pine lands," a term that originally applied to Albany. The county is part of the Capital District region of the state.

Schenectady County is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is west of the confluence of the Mohawk with the Hudson River. It includes territory on the north and the south sides of the Mohawk River.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schenectady County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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