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 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. |
Schoharie County, New YorkSchoharie County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County Namefrom the Mohawk Indian word meaning "floating driftwood" Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistorySCHOHARIE COUNTY was taken from Albany and Otsego counties in 1795; greatest length N. and S. 30, greatest breadth E.
and W. 25 miles. Centrally distant NW. from New York 150, from Albany W. 42 miles. In the western part of this county is
the dividing ridge between the waters of the Mohawk and those of the Susquehannah and Delaware. In the eastern part it
has the Catskill and Helleberg mountains. It has the valley of the Schoharie creek north and south through its centre,
along which the alluvial flats are very extensive, with a soil of loam and vegetable mould, peculiarly rich and fertile.
Much of the surface of this county is hilly, with some of a mountainous character. The soil of the uplands is of various
qualities, generally better adapted to grass than to grain. The Schoharie creek, a large tributary of the Mohawk, has
its rise in Greene county, and flows northward through the centre of this county. In its course it receives several
smaller streams, the principal of which are the Cobelskill on the west, and Fox creek on the east. The Catskill has its
source in the eastern part of the county, and the Delaware and Susquehannah in the western. The county is well watered,
and possesses many fine mill sites. In the towns of Summit, Jefferson, Blenheim, Broome, and the uplands of Middleburg
and Fulton, the tenure of the soil is generally held by lease, the fee-simple being in proprietors of large tracts; but
in these towns, there are many tracts upon the creek, which the Germans have taken up in fee, the common tenure of the
northern towns. The towns of Schoharie, Cobelskill, Sharon, Fulton, Middleburg, and portions of Blenheim and Broome,
have a population of German origin. What is now known as Schoharie County was organized as a town in Albany County in 1788, governed from Albany with no representation from Schoharie. This situation was not entirely satisfactory to the inhabitants of the region, and many petitions were sent to the Albany Legislature urging them to set Schoharie Town up as a separate county. About 1795, George Tiffany and Jacob Gebhard, of Schoharie Village, Jonathan Danforth of Middleburgh, William Beekman, John Rice and Calvin Rich of Seward and Sharon, petitioned the State Legislature for the formation of a separate county. Their request was granted on April 6, 1795. Full History at NYSAC GeographySchoharie County is in central New York State, west of Albany and southeast of Utica. Neighboring Counties:
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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." |
