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New York Counties
 Click Image to Enlarge New York CountiesThere are 62 counties in the State of New York. The first twelve counties in New York were created immediately after the British annexation of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, although two of these counties have since been abolished. The most recent county formation in New York was in 1912, when Bronx County was created from the portions of New York City that had been annexed from Westchester County. New York's counties are named for a variety of Native American words, British provinces, cities, and royalty, early American statesmen and generals, and state politicians. |
Rockland County, New YorkRockland County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameNamedfrom "rocky land," an early general term applied to the region by settlers Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryRockland County was formed on 23 Feb 1798 from Orange County. It is across the Hudson River from Westchester County , and is only about 25 miles northwest of New York City. It is on the New Jersey state line, next to Bergen County, NJ. The great formations of rock that overhang the Hudson, jutting out from the mountainsides and thrusting up through the earth gave Rockland its name. The region became a county in 1798, when it was separated from the County of Orange. Full History at NYSAC GeographyPine Meadow Lake in Harriman State Park.Rockland County lies just north of the New Jersey-New York border, west
of the Hudson River, and south of Orange County. Neighboring Counties:
Rockland's borders with Putnam and Passaic counties are short, totaling less than one mile. Cities and Towns:
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history. Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally." |
