NEW
YORK COUNTIES - DATES OF FORMATION
Contributed by Jack Jowett 18 Jul 2001
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by Cliff Lamere Oct 2001
There are two lists below and a short history of pre-1800 NY. The first list shows the counties in chronological order formation. The second list shows the counties in alphabetical order.
Source of chronological list:
"The New York Red Book - An Illustrated Yearbook of
Authentic Information Concerning New York State, Its Departments and
Political Subdivisions, and the Officials Who Administer Its Affairs"
(1960 and 1992 have the same list).
An alphabetical list was added by Cliff Lamere.
NEW YORK COUNTIES IN ORDER OF ORIGIN
COUNTY TAKEN FROM DATE OF FORMATION
Albany Original 1683 November 1 Dutchess Original 1683 November 1 Kings Original 1683 November 1 New York Original 1683 November 1 Orange Original 1683 November 1 Queens Original 1683 November 1 Richmond Original 1683 November 1 Suffolk Original 1683 November 1 Ulster Original 1683 November 1 Westchester Original 1683 November 1 Montgomery (Tryon) Albany 1772 March 12 Washington (Charlotte) Albany 1772 March 12 Columbia Albany 1786 April 1 Clinton Washington 1788 March 4 Ontario Montgomery 1789 January 27 Rensselaer Albany 1791 February 7 Saratoga Albany 1791 February 7 Herkimer Montgomery 1791 February 16 Otsego Montgomery 1791 February 16 Tioga Montgomery 1791 February 16 Onondaga Herkimer 1794 March 5 Schoharie Albany and Otsego 1795 April 6 Steuben Ontario 1796 March 18 Delaware Ulster and Otsego 1797 March 10 Rockland Orange 1798 February 23 Chenango Tioga and Herkimer 1798 March 15 Oneida Herkimer 1798 March 15 Essex Clinton 1799 March 1 Cayuga Onondaga 1799 March 8 Greene Albany and Ulster 1800 March 25 St. Lawrence Clinton 1802 March 3 Genesee Ontario 1802 March 30 Seneca Cayuga 1804 March 24 Jefferson Oneida 1805 March 28 Lewis Oneida 1805 March 28 Madison Chenango 1806 March 21 Broome Tioga 1806 March 28 Allegany Genesee 1806 April 7 Cattaraugus Genesee 1808 March 11 Chautauqua Genesee 1808 March 11 Franklin Clinton 1808 March 11 Niagara Genesee 1808 March 11 Cortland Onondaga 1808 April 8 Schenectady Albany 1809 March 27 Sullivan Ulster 1809 March 27 Putnam Dutchess 1812 June 12 Warren Washington 1813 March 12 Oswego Oneida and Onondaga 1816 March 1 Hamilton Montgomery 1816 April 12 Tompkins Cayuga and Seneca 1817 April 7 Livingston Genesee and Ontario 1821 February 23 Monroe Genesee and Ontario 1821 February 23 Erie Niagara 1821 April 2 Yates Ontario 1823 February 25 Wayne Ontario and Seneca 1823 April 11 Orleans Genesee 1824 November 12 Chemung Tioga 1836 March 20 Fulton Montgomery 1838 April 18 Wyoming Genesee 1841 May 14 Schuyler Chemung, Steuben and Tompkins 1854 April 17 Nassau Queens 1899 January 1 Bronx New York 1914 January 1
NEW YORK COUNTIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
COUNTY TAKEN FROM DATE OF FORMATION
Albany Original 1683 November 1 Allegany Genesee 1806 April 7 Bronx New York 1914 January 1 Broome Tioga 1806 March 28 Cattaraugus Genesee 1808 March 11 Cayuga Onondaga 1799 March 8 Chautauqua Genesee 1808 March 11 Chemung Tioga 1836 March 20 Chenango Tioga and Herkimer 1798 March 15 Clinton Washington 1788 March 4 Columbia Albany 1786 April 1 Cortland Onondaga 1808 April 8 Delaware Ulster and Otsego 1797 March 10 Dutchess Original 1683 November 1 Erie Niagara 1821 April 2 Essex Clinton 1799 March 1 Franklin Clinton 1808 March 11 Fulton Montgomery 1838 April 18 Genesee Ontario 1802 March 30 Greene Albany and Ulster 1800 March 25 Hamilton Montgomery 1816 April 12 Herkimer Montgomery 1791 February 16 Jefferson Oneida 1805 March 28 Kings Original 1683 November 1 Lewis Oneida 1805 March 28 Livingston Genesee and Ontario 1821 February 23 Madison Chenango 1806 March 21 Monroe Genesee and Ontario 1821 February 23 Montgomery (Tryon) Albany 1772 March 12 Nassau Queens 1899 January 1 New York Original 1683 November 1 Niagara Genesee 1808 March 11 Oneida Herkimer 1798 March 15 Onondaga Herkimer 1794 March 5 Ontario Montgomery 1789 January 27 Orange Original 1683 November 1 Orleans Genesee 1824 November 12 Oswego Oneida and Onondaga 1816 March 1 Otsego Montgomery 1791 February 16 Putnam Dutchess 1812 June 12 Queens Original 1683 November 1 Rensselaer Albany 1791 February 7 Richmond Original 1683 November 1 Rockland Orange 1798 February 23 Saratoga Albany 1791 February 7 Schenectady Albany 1809 March 27 Schoharie Albany and Otsego 1795 April 6 Schuyler Chemung, Steuben and Tompkins 1854 April 17 Seneca Cayuga 1804 March 24 St. Lawrence Clinton 1802 March 3 Steuben Ontario 1796 March 18 Suffolk Original 1683 November 1 Sullivan Ulster 1809 March 27 Tioga Montgomery 1791 February 16 Tompkins Cayuga and Seneca 1817 April 7 Ulster Original 1683 November 1 Warren Washington 1813 March 12 Washington (Charlotte) Albany 1772 March 12 Wayne Ontario and Seneca 1823 April 11 Westchester Original 1683 November 1 Wyoming Genesee 1841 May 14 Yates Ontario 1823 February 25
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