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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. |
Suffolk County, New YorkSuffolk County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County Nameafter Suffolk County, England, home of many early settlers Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistorySuffolk County was an original county of New York State, one of twelve created in 1683. Its boundaries were substantially the same as at present, with only minor changes in the boundary with its western neighbor, which was originally Queens County but since 1899 has been Nassau County. However, as eastern Suffolk County has become more suburbanized there have been efforts to split the east end of the county off into a new county, called Peconic County. The first nomadic hunters came here in the last glacial period following caribou herds when Long Island and the mainland of Connecticut were separated by only low-lying marshland. This area is now covered by Long Island Sound. The first known Europeans to sight Long Island were with Verrazano, who sailed along the south shore in 1524. In 1614 Adrian Block, a Dutch explorer, first touched the land here when he went ashore at Montauk and met local Native Americans. Full History at NYSAC GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,373 square miles (6,146 kmē), of which, 912
square miles (2,363 kmē) of it is land and 1,461 square miles (3,784 kmē) of it (61.56%) is water. The highest
elevation in the county, and on Long Island as a whole, is Jayne's Hill in West Hills, at 401 feet (122 m) above sea
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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." |
