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Schenectady
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county seat of Schenectady County, New York, United States
Schenectady is a city in New York State that serves as the county seat, or main administrative center, of Schenectady County. It is located in the eastern part of New York and plays an important role in the governance and development of the region.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Schenectady
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Schenectady County
- Population
- 67047
- Area
- 28.397891
- Elevation
- 74
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Body of water
- Mohawk River
- Capital of
- Schenectady County
- Official website
- www.cityofschenectady.gov
- Image
- Nott SE Landscape.JPG
- Households
- 24617
- Dialing code
- 518
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- Commons category
- Schenectady, New York
- topic's main category
- Category:Schenectady, New York
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Schenectady, New York
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Schenectady, New York
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Schenectady, New York
- inception
- 1765-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.6883
- different from
- Schenectady
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Capital District
- per capita income
- 25493
- twinned administrative body
- Kunming
- postal code
- 12345
- P12749
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Encyclopedic overview
Schenectady (/skəˈnɛktədi/ skə-NEKT-ə-dee) is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city's population of 67,047 made it the state's ninth-most populous city and the 25th-most populous municipality. The city is in eastern New York, near the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers. It is in the same metropolitan area as the state capital, Albany, which is about 15 miles (24 km) southeast.
Schenectady was founded on the south side of the Mohawk River by Dutch colonists in the 17th century, many of whom came from the Albany area. The name "Schenectady" is derived from the Mohawk word skahnéhtati, meaning "beyond the pines" and used for the area around Albany, New York. Residents of the new village developed farms on strip plots along the river.
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