Incorporated Municipalities in New York’s Capital District
Inside the Capital Region
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Located in the eastern part of New York State, the Capital Region is a massive stretch of land that covers 5,199 square miles. The Capital Region is made up of eight counties and houses the Schenectady, Albany, Saratoga, and Troy areas. This region has a bustling economy that focuses heavily on nanotechnology and biotech life sciences.
The location of the Capital Region contributes to its economic growth in knowledge-based and high tech industries. With the convergence of the Mohawk and Hudson rivers, close vicinity to the northeast markets, and the intersection of two major interstate highways it’s no wonder that the Capital Region is experiencing an economic boom. It doesn’t hurt that the 1.1 million residents of the region, with a workforce of 568,600, make the Capital Region the thriving commercial hub that it is.
There are a number of amazing features that the Capital Region has to offer:
Port Services
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Nestled against the deep water port of Albany Rensselaer, there’s no reason that the Capital Region wouldn’t offer port services for its residents. The port is accessible year-round due to a 32-foot channel and services ships that stretch 750 feet in length and weigh 50,000 tons. The port of Albany Rensselaer is located 124 nautical miles north of New York City.
Air Services
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The Albany International Airport is the premier air hub that serves the Capital Region, Western New England, and Northeastern New York. Millions of dollars have been invested into making the Albany International Airport state of the art in a massive redevelopment project that was completed in 2000. The new additions include an air traffic control tower, a 230,000 square foot terminal, a cargo facility, and a parking garage. Multiple airlines service this airport. These include US Airways Express, United Airlines, and Delta Airlines amongst others.
Rail Service
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The Capital Region also receives rail service from the Albany Port Railroad Corp (supervised by CSX and CP Rail Systems). The region is provided with both intermodal and passenger freight facilities that cross the Mid-Atlantic states, the Northeast, and Canada.
Highways
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The most common form of transportation in the Capital Region, as it is anywhere else in the United States, is by automobile. The Capital Region is connected to New York City by the New York State Thruway. There is also the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) and the Northway (I-87) that connects the region to western New York State and the Canadian highway system at Montreal respectively.
Principal Industries
There are a number of industries that have taken root in the Capital Region:
Chemical Manufacturing
Clean Tech
Forest Products
Travel and Tourism
Biotech Life Sciences
Nanotechnology
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing Semiconductor
Clifton Park is the hub for many of these businesses offering abundant commercial office space for rent and a variety of commercial property and office lease opportunities
Resident Utility Services
New York State Electric & Gas Corp.
A great help to many startups in the region. They offer great rates and discounts to new businesses.
If you’re a new business, you’ll be able to negotiate flexible electric rates. The National Grid also offers fixed rate gas discounts and gas transportation rates.
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.
Offers electric discounts at fixed rates for new businesses and market-based gas pricing.
Colleges and Universities
The Capital Region houses 25 colleges and universities. Combined, there are over 740-degree options that range from the associate level to the doctorate level.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
The Capital Region also has many distinguished community colleges:
Hospitals in the Capital Region
Here is a list of the most prominent hospitals in the Capital Region:
Accolades awarded to the Capital Region in 2010:
- “Best Cities for Job Growth Medium Cities,” Albany-Schenectady-Troy, 17th – New Geography
- “America’s Most Innovative Cities,” Albany, 15th – Forbes
- Best Bang-for-the-Buck Cities,” Albany-Schenectady-Troy, 30th – Forbes
- “Best Cities for College Students,” Albany, 14th – American Institute for Economic Research
- “America’s Best Places To Raise A Family,” Albany-Schenectady-Troy, 9th – Forbes
An overview of the Capital Region
The Capital Region covers over 5,332.97 square miles
Population in 2009 – 1,065,402
Population sorted by county:
- Rensselaer – 155,541
- Washington – 62,753
- Albany – 298,284
- Schenectady – 152,169
- Columbia – 61,618
- Greene – 48,947
- Saratoga – 220,069
- Warren – 66,021
2009 Per capita income: $28,644
2009 Average Annual Labor Force: 568,600
| Municipality | County | Population As on 2010 |
Area (as of 2000) |
Municipality Type | Incorp. date |
| Albany | Albany | 304,204 | 21.8 sq mi | City | 1686 |
| Altamont | Albany | 1,720 | 1.2 sq mi | Village | 1860 |
| Ames | Montgomery | 145 | 0.1 sq mi | Village | 1924 |
| Amsterdam | Montgomery | 18,620 | 6.3 sq mi | City | 1885 |
| Amsterdam | Montgomery | 5,566 | 30.3 sq mi | Town | 1793 |
| Ancram | Columbia | 1,573 | 42.8 sq mi | Town | 1803 |
| Argyle | Washington | 3,782 | 57.8 sq mi | Town | 1786 |
| Argyle | Washington | 306 | 0.4 sq mi | Village | 1838 |
| Ashland | Greene | 784 | 26.0 sq mi | Town | 1848 |
| Athens | Greene | 4,089 | 28.8 sq mi | Town | 1815 |
| Athens | Greene | 1,668 | 4.6 sq mi | Village | 1805 |
| Austerlitz | Columbia | 1,654 | 48.8 sq mi | Town | 1818 |
| Ballston | Saratoga | 9,776 | 30.0 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Ballston Spa | Saratoga | 5,409 | 1.6 sq mi | Village | 1807 |
| Berlin | Rensselaer | 1,880 | 59.9 sq mi | Town | 1806 |
| Berne | Albany | 2,794 | 64.8 sq mi | Town | 1795 |
| Bethlehem | Albany | 33,656 | 49.6 sq mi | Town | 1793 |
| Bleecker | Fulton | 533 | 59.5 sq mi | Town | 1831 |
| Blenheim | Schoharie | 377 | 34.4 sq mi | Town | 1797 |
| Bolton | Warren | 2,326 | 90.1 sq mi | Town | 1799 |
| Broadalbin | Fulton | 5,260 | 39.8 sq mi | Town | 1793 |
| Broadalbin | Fulton | 1,327 | 1.0 sq mi | Village | 1815 |
| Broome | Schoharie | 973 | 48.1 sq mi | Town | 1797 |
| Brunswick | Rensselaer | 11,941 | 44.6 sq mi | Town | 1807 |
| Cairo | Greene | 6,670 | 60.1 sq mi | Town | 1802 |
| Cambridge | Washington | 2,021 | 36.5 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Cambridge | Washington | 1,870 | 1.7 sq mi | Village | 1866 |
| Canaan | Columbia | 1,710 | 37.0 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Canajoharie | Montgomery | 3,730 | 43.1 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Canajoharie | Montgomery | 2,229 | 1.3 sq mi | Village | 1829 |
| Carlisle | Schoharie | 1,948 | 34.2 sq mi | Town | 1807 |
| Caroga | Fulton | 1,205 | 54.2 sq mi | Town | 1842 |
| Castleton-on-Hudson | Rensselaer | 1,473 | 0.8 sq mi | Village | 1827 |
| Catskill | Greene | 11,775 | 64.2 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Catskill | Greene | 4,081 | 2.8 sq mi | Village | 1806 |
| Charleston | Montgomery | 1,373 | 42.8 sq mi | Town | 1793 |
| Charlton | Saratoga | 4,133 | 32.8 sq mi | Town | 1792 |
| Chatham | Columbia | 4,128 | 53.5 sq mi | Town | 1795 |
| Chatham | Columbia | 1,770 | 1.2 sq mi | Village | 1869 |
| Chester | Warren | 3,355 | 87.1 sq mi | Town | 1799 |
| Claverack | Columbia | 6,021 | 48.0 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Clermont | Columbia | 1,965 | 19.2 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Clifton Park | Saratoga | 36,705 | 50.2 sq mi | Town | 1828 |
| Cobleskill | Schoharie | 6,625 | 30.8 sq mi | Town | 1795 |
| Cobleskill | Schoharie | 4,678 | 3.3 sq mi | Village | 1868 |
| Coeymans | Albany | 7,418 | 53.1 sq mi | Town | 1791 |
| Cohoes | Albany | 16,168 | 4.2 sq mi | City | 1869 |
| Colonie | Albany | 81,591 | 57.9 sq mi | Town | 1895 |
| Colonie | Albany | 7,793 | 3.3 sq mi | Village | 1921 |
| Conesville | Schoharie | 734 | 39.9 sq mi | Town | 1836 |
| Copake | Columbia | 3,615 | 42.1 sq mi | Town | 1824 |
| Corinth | Saratoga | 6,531 | 58.1 sq mi | Town | 1818 |
| Corinth | Saratoga | 2,559 | 1.1 sq mi | Village | 1888 |
| Coxsackie | Greene | 8,918 | 38.4 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Coxsackie | Greene | 2,813 | 2.6 sq mi | Village | 1867 |
| Day | Saratoga | 856 | 69.6 sq mi | Town | 1819 |
| Delanson | Schenectady | 377 | 0.6 sq mi | Village | 1921 |
| Dolgeville | Fulton Herkimer | 2,206 | 1.9 sq mi | Village | 1881 |
| Dresden | Washington | 652 | 55.0 sq mi | Town | 1822 |
| Duanesburg | Schenectady | 6,122 | 72.1 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Durham | Greene | 2,725 | 49.3 sq mi | Town | 1790 |
| East Greenbush | Rensselaer | 16,473 | 24.4 sq mi | Town | 1855 |
| East Nassau | Rensselaer | 587 | 4.9 sq mi | Village | 1998 |
| Easton | Washington | 2,336 | 63.2 sq mi | Town | 1789 |
| Edinburg | Saratoga | 1,214 | 67.1 sq mi | Town | 1801 |
| Ephratah | Fulton | 1,682 | 39.4 sq mi | Town | 1827 |
| Esperance | Schoharie | 2,076 | 20.0 sq mi | Town | 1846 |
| Esperance | Schoharie | 345 | 0.5 sq mi | Village | 1819 |
| Florida | Montgomery | 2,696 | 51.5 sq mi | Town | 1793 |
| Fonda | Montgomery | 795 | 0.6 sq mi | Village | 1850 |
| Fort Ann | Washington | 6,190 | 110.8 sq mi | Town | 1808 |
| Fort Ann | Washington | 484 | 0.3 sq mi | Village | 1820 |
| Fort Edward | Washington | 6,371 | 27.4 sq mi | Town | 1818 |
| Fort Edward | Washington | 3,375 | 1.9 sq mi | Village | 1849 |
| Fort Johnson | Montgomery | 490 | 0.8 sq mi | Village | 1909 |
| Fort Plain | Montgomery | 2,322 | 1.4 sq mi | Village | 1832 |
| Fulton | Schoharie | 1,442 | 65.0 sq mi | Town | 1828 |
| Fultonville | Montgomery | 784 | 0.5 sq mi | Village | 1948 |
| Gallatin | Columbia | 1,668 | 39.6 sq mi | Town | 1830 |
| Galway | Saratoga | 3,545 | 45.0 sq mi | Town | 1792 |
| Galway | Saratoga | 200 | 0.3 sq mi | Village | 1838 |
| Germantown | Columbia | 1,954 | 13.9 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Ghent | Columbia | 5,402 | 45.4 sq mi | Town | 1818 |
| Gilboa | Schoharie | 1,307 | 59.3 sq mi | Town | 1848 |
| Glen | Montgomery | 2,507 | 39.3 sq mi | Town | 1823 |
| Glens Falls | Warren | 14,700 | 3.9 sq mi | City | 1908 |
| Glenville | Schenectady | 29,480 | 50.9 sq mi | Town | 1821 |
| Gloversville | Fulton | 15,665 | 5.1 sq mi | City | 1890 |
| Grafton | Rensselaer | 2,130 | 46.0 sq mi | Town | 1807 |
| Granville | Washington | 6,669 | 56.1 sq mi | Town | 1786 |
| Granville | Washington | 2,543 | 1.6 sq mi | Village | 1849 |
| Greenfield | Saratoga | 7,775 | 67.7 sq mi | Town | 1793 |
| Green Island | Albany | 2,620 | 0.9 sq mi | Town | 1896 |
| Green Island | Albany | 2,620 | 0.9 sq mi | Village | 1853 |
| Greenport | Columbia | 4,165 | 20.5 sq mi | Town | 1837 |
| Greenville | Greene | 3,739 | 39.1 sq mi | Town | 1803 |
| Greenwich | Washington | 4,942 | 44.4 sq mi | Town | 1803 |
| Greenwich | Washington | 1,777 | 1.5 sq mi | Village | 1809 |
| Guilderland | Albany | 35,303 | 58.7 sq mi | Town | 1803 |
| Hadley | Saratoga | 2,048 | 41.1 sq mi | Town | 1801 |
| Hagaman | Montgomery | 1,292 | 1.5 sq mi | Village | 1892 |
| Hague | Warren | 699 | 79.6 sq mi | Town | 1807 |
| Halcott | Greene | 258 | 23.0 sq mi | Town | 1851 |
| Halfmoon | Saratoga | 21,535 | 33.7 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Hampton | Washington | 938 | 22.6 sq mi | Town | 1786 |
| Hartford | Washington | 2,269 | 43.5 sq mi | Town | 1793 |
| Hebron | Washington | 1,853 | 56.4 sq mi | Town | 1786 |
| Hillsdale | Columbia | 1,927 | 47.8 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Hoosick | Rensselaer | 6,924 | 63.2 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Hoosick Falls | Rensselaer | 3,501 | 1.7 sq mi | Village | 1827 |
| Horicon | Warren | 1,389 | 71.8 sq mi | Town | 1838 |
| Hudson | Columbia | 6,713 | 2.3 sq mi | City | 1785 |
| Hunter | Greene | 2,732 | 90.7 sq mi | Town | 1813 |
| Hunter | Greene | 502 | 1.6 sq mi | Village | 1896 |
| Jackson | Washington | 1,800 | 37.5 sq mi | Town | 1815 |
| Jefferson | Schoharie | 1,410 | 43.4 sq mi | Town | 1803 |
| Jewitt | Greene | 953 | 50.5 sq mi | Town | 1849 |
| Johnsburg | Warren | 2,395 | 206.7 sq mi | Town | 1805 |
| Johnstown | Fulton | 8,743 | 4.9 sq mi | City | 1895 |
| Johnstown | Fulton | 7,098 | 71.4 sq mi | Town | 1793 |
| Kinderhook | Columbia | 8,498 | 32.4 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Kinderhook | Columbia | 1,211 | 1.9 sq mi | Village | 1838 |
| Kingsbury | Washington | 12,671 | 40.0 sq mi | Town | 1786 |
| Knox | Albany | 2,692 | 41.9 sq mi | Town | 1822 |
| Lake George | Warren | 3,515 | 32.7 sq mi | Town | 1810 |
| Lake George | Warren | 906 | 0.6 sq mi | Village | 1903 |
| Lake Luzerne | Warren | 3,347 | 54.1 sq mi | Town | 1792 |
| Lexington | Greene | 805 | 79.7 sq mi | Town | 1813 |
| Livingston | Columbia | 3,646 | 39.0 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Malta | Saratoga | 14,765 | 31.4 sq mi | Town | 1802 |
| Mayfield | Fulton | 6,495 | 64.7 sq mi | Town | 1793 |
| Mayfield | Fulton | 832 | 1.1 sq mi | Village | 1896 |
| Mechanicville | Saratoga | 5,196 | 0.9 sq mi | City | 1915 |
| Menands | Albany | 3,990 | 3.4 sq mi | Village | 1924 |
| Middleburgh | Schoharie | 3,746 | 49.3 sq mi | Town | 1797 |
| Middleburgh | Schoharie | 1,500 | 1.2 sq mi | Village | 1881 |
| Milton | Saratoga | 18,575 | 35.6 sq mi | Town | 1792 |
| Minden | Montgomery | 4,297 | 51.5 sq mi | Town | 1798 |
| Mohawk | Montgomery | 3,844 | 35.4 sq mi | Town | 1837 |
| Moreau | Saratoga | 14,728 | 43.6 sq mi | Town | 1805 |
| Nassau | Rensselaer | 4,789 | 45.2 sq mi | Town | 1807 |
| Nassau | Rensselaer | 1,133 | 0.7 sq mi | Village | 1819 |
| Nelliston | Montgomery | 596 | 1.2 sq mi | Village | 1878 |
| New Baltimore | Greene | 3,370 | 43.1 sq mi | Town | 1811 |
| New Lebanon | Columbia | 2,305 | 36.0 sq mi | Town | 1818 |
| New Scotland | Albany | 8,648 | 58.4 sq mi | Town | 1832 |
| Niskayuna | Schenectady | 21,781 | 15.1 sq mi | Town | 1809 |
| North Greenbush | Rensselaer | 12,075 | 19.0 sq mi | Town | 1855 |
| Northampton | Fulton | 2,670 | 34.7 sq mi | Town | 1799 |
| Northumberland | Saratoga | 5,087 | 32.9 sq mi | Town | 1798 |
| Northville | Fulton | 1,099 | 1.4 sq mi | Village | 1873 |
| Oppenheim | Fulton | 1,924 | 56.5 sq mi | Town | 1808 |
| Palatine | Montgomery | 3,240 | 41.7 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Palatine Bridge | Montgomery | 737 | 0.9 sq mi | Village | 1867 |
| Perth | Fulton | 3,646 | 26.1 sq mi | Town | 1838 |
| Petersburgh | Rensselaer | 1,525 | 41.6 sq mi | Town | 1791 |
| Philmont | Columbia | 1,379 | 1.2 sq mi | Village | 1891 |
| Pittstown | Rensselaer | 5,735 | 64.8 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Poestenkill | Rensselaer | 4,530 | 32.6 sq mi | Town | 1848 |
| Prattsville | Greene | 700 | 19.7 sq mi | Town | 1824 |
| Princetown | Schenectady | 2,115 | 24.1 sq mi | Town | 1798 |
| Providence | Saratoga | 1,995 | 45.1 sq mi | Town | 1796 |
| Putnam | Washington | 609 | 35.5 sq mi | Town | 1806 |
| Queensbury | Warren | 27,901 | 64.81 sq mi | Town | 1786 |
| Ravena | Albany | 3,268 | 1.3 sq mi | Village | 1914 |
| Rensselaer | Rensselaer | 9,392 | 3.3 sq mi | City | 1897 |
| Rensselaerville | Albany | 1,843 | 61.9 sq mi | Town | 1790 |
| Richmondville | Schoharie | 2,610 | 30.2 sq mi | Town | 1849 |
| Richmondville | Schoharie | 918 | 1.8 sq mi | Village | 1881 |
| Root | Montgomery | 1,715 | 51.0 sq mi | Town | 1823 |
| Rotterdam | Schenectady | 29,094 | 36.5 sq mi | Town | 1820 |
| Round Lake | Saratoga | 623 | 1.2 sq mi | Village | 1869 |
| St. Johnsville | Montgomery | 2,631 | 17.4 sq mi | Town | 1838 |
| St. Johnsville | Montgomery | 1,732 | 0.9 sq mi | Village | 1857 |
| Salem | Washington | 2,715 | 52.5 sq mi | Town | 1786 |
| Salem | Washington | 946 | 2.9 sq mi | Village | 1803 |
| Sand Lake | Rensselaer | 8,530 | 36.2 sq mi | Town | 1812 |
| Saratoga | Saratoga | 5,674 | 42.9 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Saratoga Springs | Saratoga | 26,586 | 29.1 sq mi | City | 1826 |
| Schaghticoke | Rensselaer | 7,679 | 51.9 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Schaghticoke | Rensselaer | 592 | 0.9 sq mi | Village | 1867 |
| Schenectady | Schenectady | 66,135 | 11.0 sq mi | City | 1798 |
| Schodack | Rensselaer | 12,794 | 63.7 sq mi | Town | 1795 |
| Schoharie | Schoharie | 3,205 | 30.0 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Schoharie | Schoharie | 922 | 1.6 sq mi | Village | 1867 |
| Schuylerville | Saratoga | 1,386 | 0.6 sq mi | Village | 1831 |
| Scotia | Schenectady | 7,729 | 1.8 sq mi | Village | 1904 |
| Seward | Schoharie | 1,763 | 36.5 sq mi | Town | 1840 |
| Sharon | Schoharie | 1,846 | 39.2 sq mi | Town | 1797 |
| Sharon Springs | Schoharie | 558 | 1.8 sq mi | Village | 1871 |
| South Glens Falls | Saratoga | 3,518 | 1.5 sq mi | Village | 1895 |
| Stephentown | Rensselaer | 2,903 | 58.1 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Stillwater | Saratoga | 8,287 | 43.6 sq mi | Town | 1788 |
| Stillwater | Saratoga | 1,738 | 1.4 sq mi | Village | 1816 |
| Stockport | Columbia | 2,815 | 13.1 sq mi | Town | 1833 |
| Stony Creek | Warren | 767 | 83.2 sq mi | Town | 1852 |
| Stratford | Fulton | 610 | 76.7 sq mi | Town | 1805 |
| Stuyvesant | Columbia | 2,027 | 26.8 sq mi | Town | 1823 |
| Summit | Schoharie | 1,148 | 37.5 sq mi | Town | 1819 |
| Taghkanic | Columbia | 1,310 | 40.2 sq mi | Town | 1803 |
| Tannersville | Greene | 539 | 1.1 sq mi | Village | 1895 |
| Thurman | Warren | 1,219 | 92.8 sq mi | Town | 1792 |
| Troy | Rensselaer | 50,129 | 11.0 sq mi | City | 1816 |
| Valatie | Columbia | 1,819 | 1.3 sq mi | Village | 1856 |
| Valley Falls | Rensselaer | 466 | 0.5 sq mi | Village | 1904 |
| Victory | Saratoga | 605 | 0.5 sq mi | Village | 1849 |
| Voorheesville | Albany | 2,789 | 2.1 sq mi | Village | 1899 |
| Warrensburg | Warren | 4,094 | 64.8 sq mi | Town | 1813 |
| Waterford | Saratoga | 8,423 | 7.4 sq mi | Town | 1816 |
| Waterford | Saratoga | 1,990 | 0.4 sq mi | Village | 1794 |
| Watervliet | Albany | 10,254 | 1.5 sq mi | City | 1897 |
| Westerlo | Albany | 3,361 | 58.5 sq mi | Town | 1815 |
| White Creek | Washington | 3,356 | 47.9 sq mi | Town | 1815 |
| Whitehall | Washington | 4,042 | 58.8 sq mi | Town | 1786 |
| Whitehall | Washington | 2,614 | 4.8 sq mi | Village | 1806 |
| Wilton | Saratoga | 16,173 | 36.0 sq mi | Town | 1818 |
| Windham | Greene | 1,703 | 45.4 sq mi | Town | 1798 |
| Wright | Schoharie | 1,539 | 28.7 sq mi | Town | 1846 |
