Counties in New York that I have Visited

There are 62 Counties in New York – “The Empire State“

Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states.

I have visited 51 Counties = 82.3% of Counties in New York

Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank. Map created using Mob Rule.

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Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in New York

Markers designate the New York locations featured in Twelve Mile Circle articles.

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Counties in New York

Below are the 62 counties in New York. Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are highlighted in Red. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn’t working.

1. Albany: European Capitals of New York; Fire or Fir; Big House Brewing Company
2. Allegany: Hann Homestead
3. Bronx: Even More Spooky; Over the Road; Where the Stadium Once Stood
4. Broome
5. Cattaraugus
6. Cayuga
7. Chautauqua: East Coast Sunsets over Water; Corona’s Corona
8. Chemung
9. Chenango
10. Clinton: Fort Blunder
11. Columbia
12. Cortland
13. Delaware
14. Dutchess: FDR Presidential Library; Walkway Over the Hudson; CTMANY Tripoint; Impressive Pedestrian Bridges; Natural Forces: Nuclear
15. Erie: Thoughts on Buffalo; Confederate Yankees; Rapid Transit in 1844
16. Essex: The Jeffersons and Beyond
17. Franklin: Ampersand
18. Fulton
19. Genessee
20. Greene
21. Hamilton: Smallest county population in New York (5,379 people in 2000 Census); County Counter Extraordinaire
22. Herkimer
23. Jefferson: Kiloanomaly; The Jeffersons and Beyond
24. Kings: Largest county population in New York (2,465,326 people in 2000 Census); Greenpoint; A Secret Revealed; Catbird Seat; Lowest County Highpoints; One Hundred Percent Playground; Follow the Letter; Island Became Mainland
25. Lewis
26. Livingston: National Warplane Museum
27. Madison
28. Monroe: Canal Becomes Subway; Bordersplit; Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse; Irondequoit
29. Montgomery: European Capitals of New York
30. Nassau: Insignificant Synonyms; David and Goliath; From Camp to Town
31. New York: Smallest county in New York State (22 square miles); Other State Nickname Thingies; Mainland Manhattan; Eruvin; Convergence at the End; King’s College Tract; Can’t Get Enough of Kossuth; Pueblo Deco; Smallest County in the USA, Part 2; Going Postal; Land of Disco; Canal Becomes Subway; Bowling Greener; A Secret Revealed; Heartland Brewery
32. Niagara: Niagara Falls; The Old Howder Homestead; Disestablished National Parks; Rapid Transit in 1844; Lockport; Rainbow Bridge
33. Oneida: International Capitals in the USA; Fort Stanwix
34. Onondaga
35. Ontario: Canandaigua Lake
36. Orange: It Enters then Exits
37. Orleans
38. Oswego
39. Otsego
40. Putnam
41. Queens: Queens County Farm Museum; Connecting Through Midway
42. Rensselaer: Brown’s Brewing Co.
43. Richmond: Gephyrophobia
44. Rockland
45. Saratoga: Original Saratoga Springs Brewpub; County Counter Extraordinaire; Presidential Deaths
46. Schenectady
47. Schoharie
48. Schuyler: Rainbow Falls; Rooster Fish Brewing / Wildflower Cafe
49. Seneca: Wagner Valley Brewing Company
50. St. Lawrence: Largest county in New York (2,686 square miles); European Capitals of New York
51. Steuben: Market Street Brewing Co. & Restaurant
52. Suffolk: Amityville Horror House; Mysterious Plum Island; New York Steals Roads from its Neighbors!; Low Clearance; Congrats or Something; Egyptian Revival Churches; Middling
53. Sullivan: Neversink
54. Tioga
55. Tompkins: Buttermilk Falls; Cayuga Lake; Ithaca; Ithaca Beer Co.; Taughannock Falls; Old Mill Falls; Lucifer Falls; Triphammer Falls; Ithaca Falls; Wells Falls; Cascadilla Gorge; McGraw Tower; Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Ithaca Farmers Market; South Hill Recreation Way; Mulholland Wildflower Preserve
56. Ulster: Walkway Over the Hudson; Impressive Pedestrian Bridges
57. Warren
58. Washington
59. Wayne
60. Westchester: Headless Horseman; A Prisoner to Geo-Oddities; What State U
61. Wyoming
62. Yates

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Quick Facts About New York

• Location: Mid-Atlantic United States. See map above.
• Size⁽¹⁾: 47,126 square miles. New York is the 30th largest state. The next larger state is North Carolina and the next smaller state is Mississippi.
• Population⁽²⁾: 19,542,209 people. New York is the 4th most populous state. The next more populous state is Florida and the next less populous state is Pennsylvania.
• Population Density: 414.7 people per square mile. New York is the 7th most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is Delaware and the next less densely populated state is Florida.
• Bordering States: New York shares a border with 5 states: Pennsylvania; New Jersey; Connecticut; Massachusetts and Vermont.
• Admission to the Union: July 26, 1788. New York was the 11th state admitted to the Union, after Virginia and before North Carolina.
• Capital: Albany.
• Highest Point: 5,344 feet at Mount Marcy. See SummitPost’s Mount Marcy page.
• Lowest Point: Sea Level at the Atlantic Ocean.
• Government website: ny.gov.
• Official Tourism website: I Love New York Website.
• Still not enough? See Wikipedia’s New York page.

Sources:

(1) Wikipedia: List of U.S. states and territories by area. Land area only.
(2) Wikipedia: List of states and territories of the United States by population. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.