List of municipalities in New York (original) (raw)

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This is a list of municipalities in New York other than towns, which includes all 531 villages and 62 cities of New York. Of the total 593 municipalities, 588 are non-town municipalities, while five are coterminous town-villages, villages that are coterminous with their town.

At the time of the 2010 United States Census,[1] the state of New York had 555 villages.[2] Since then, one village was created (Mastic Beach in Suffolk County) and 25 villages were dissolved[3][4][5] (including Mastic Beach, after only seven years of incorporation[6][7]). Although still listed in the 2022 population estimates from the US Census, this includes the villages of South Nyack, New York (dissolved April 1, 2022), and Fort Johnson (dissolved December 31, 2023).

Most municipalities in New York are located within a single town and county, but some municipalities are located in more than one town. Of those, there are two cities and eight villages located in more than one county:[2]

• Geneva, in Ontario & Seneca Counties, although the portion in Seneca County has no population and is entirely water[8]
• New York, in Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens & Richmond Counties
• Almond, in Allegany & Steuben Counties
• Attica, in Genesee & Wyoming Counties
• Deposit, in Broome & Delaware Counties
• Dolgeville, in Fulton & Herkimer Counties
• Earlville, in Chenago & Madison Counties
• Gowanda, in Cattaraugus & Erie Counties
• Rushville, in Ontario & Yates Counties
• Saranac Lake, in Essex & Franklin Counties

Municipalities in New York[9][2][10]

Listed below are former villages in the State of New York which either dissolved, consolidated or were acquired by another municipality between 1900 and 2023. To date during this period, there are a total of 66 villages that have chosen dissolution.[11] A former village does have the option to re-incorporate in the future if the community chooses to do so. Unless otherwise specified, these communities are currently (or will be) considered census-designated places by the U.S. Census Bureau.[12]

Former villages in New York[2][10][13][14]

Extremes in size and population

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The most populous and largest city by area in the state is by far New York City, home to 8,804,190 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).[15][16]

• Smallest village, by area: South Floral Park – 0.096 square miles (0.25 km2)[2][10]
• Largest village, by area: Speculator – 44.571 square miles (115.44 km2)[2][10]
• Smallest village, by population: Dering Harbor – 50 (2020)[9][2][10]
• Largest village, by population: Hempstead – 59,169 (2020)[9][2][10]
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  New York City, largest city in New York and the United States, photographed at night.
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  Buffalo, the second largest city in New York
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  Yonkers, the third largest.
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  Rochester, the fourth largest.
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  Syracuse, the fifth largest.
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  Albany, the sixth largest and capital of New York.
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  New Rochelle, the seventh largest.
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  Mount Vernon, the eighth largest
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  Schenectady, the ninth largest.
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  Utica, the tenth largest
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  White Plains, the eleventh largest.
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  Niagara Falls, the twelfth largest.
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  Troy, the thirteenth largest.
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  Binghamton, the fourteenth largest.
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  Long Beach, the sixteenth largest.
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  Poughkeepsie, the seventeenth largest.
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  Jamestown, the nineteenth largest.
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  Watertown, the twenty-fifth largest.
• List of city nicknames in New York
• Administrative divisions of New York
• List of counties in New York
• List of towns in New York
• List of census-designated places in New York
• List of American Indian Reservations in New York (state)

1. ^ United States Census[_permanent dead link_‍]
2. ^ a b c d e f g h "New York: 2010, Population and Housing Unit Counts, 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-34)" (PDF). census.gov. United States Census Bureau. June 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
3. ^ "New York Department of State Announces Grant Awards to Assist the Town and Village of Salem with Village Dissolution", New York State Department of State, Press Release, July 13, 2015, Retrieved Mar. 16, 2016.
4. ^ "Cherry Creek Unveils Dissolution Details". post-journal.com. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
5. ^ "NYSDOS Division of Local Government Services". dos.ny.gov. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
6. ^ "Mastic Beach Residents Vote To Dissolve Village - CBS New York". www.cbsnews.com. November 17, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
7. ^ Newsday, Mastic Beach holds election despite move to dissolve village by Deon J. Hampton, March 15, 2017, Retrieved Jul. 6, 2017.
8. ^ Overview of Geneva city near county borders (Map). USGS (ACME mapper). Retrieved June 25, 2009.
9. ^ a b c "State of New York Incorporated Places - 2020 Census - Data as of January 1, 2020". tigerweb.geo.census.gov. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
10. ^ a b c d e f "Places: New York". 2010 Census Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original (TXT) on May 18, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
11. ^ CGR - New York Code Article 19, Section 19: Dissolution of Villages, Retrieved Jun. 15, 2015.[_failed verification_]
12. ^ "U.S. Census website". Retrieved June 15, 2015.[_not specific enough to verify_]
13. ^ "Municipal Structures", Office of the State Comptroller
14. ^ Fulton History - New York State Newspapers, Retrieved Jun. 13, 2015. [_not specific enough to verify_]
15. ^ "2010 Demographic Profile". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on September 23, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
16. ^ "New York". US Census Bureau. Archived from the original on September 29, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.

• New York State Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials