Rensselaer County, New York
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About Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County ren-sə-LEER is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,130, its highest decennial count ever. Its county seat is Troy. The county is named in honor of the family of Kiliaen van Rensselaer, the original Dutch owner of the land in the area. The county is part of the Capital District region of the state.
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Facts
Rensselaer County at a glance
- County seat
- Troy
- Population
- 161,130 (2020)
- Land area
- 665 sq mi
- Founded
- 1791
Communities
Largest communities in Rensselaer County
- Troy County seatPopulation 51,401
- East GreenbushPopulation 16,748
- North GreenbushPopulation 13,292
- SchodackPopulation 12,965
- BrunswickPopulation 12,581
Background
History of Rensselaer County
The area that is now Rensselaer County was inhabited by the Algonquian-speaking Mohican Indian tribe at the time of European encounter. Kiliaen van Rensselaer, a Dutch jeweler and merchant, purchased the area in 1630 and incorporated it in his patroonship Rensselaerswyck. (It was part of the Dutch colony New Netherland). The land passed into English rule in 1664; the Dutch regained control in 1673, but the English took it back in 1674. Until 1776, the year of American independence, the county was under English or British control. The county was not organized as a legal entity until after the Revolution, in 1791, when it was created from an area that was originally part of the very large Albany County. In 1807, in a county re-organization, the rural sections of Troy were set off as Towns, and the city was incorporated.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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