Cohoes, New York

Cohoes, New York
City
City Hall and Post Office
Seal
Etymology: Dutch adaptation of Mohawk "Ga-ha-oose" for "place of the falling canoe"
Nickname:  Spindle City
Motto:  A Community That Cares
Location in Albany County and the state of New York.
Location of New York in the United States
Coordinates: 42°46′45″N 73°42′46″W / 42.77917°N 73.71278°W / 42.77917; -73.71278
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Albany
Incorporation as village	1848
Incorporation as city	1869
Government
• Type	City Hall
• Mayor	Bill Keeler (D) Common Council W1: Nicholas Izzo W2: Shawn Higgins W3: George Soloyna W4: William McCarthy W5: Adam Biggs W6: John Frainier
Area [1]
• Total	4.24 sq mi (10.97 km2)
• Land	3.77 sq mi (9.77 km2)
• Water	0.46 sq mi (1.20 km2)
Elevation	80 ft (20 m)
Highest elevation (Elizabeth Court)	310 ft (90 m)
Lowest elevation (Hudson River)	10 ft (3 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	18,147
• Density	4,809.70/sq mi (1,857.18/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	12047
Area code	518
FIPS code	36-16749
GNIS feature ID	0947009
Wikimedia Commons	Cohoes, New York
Website	[1]

Cohoes (/kəˈhoʊz/ kə-HOHZ) is an incorporated city located in the northeast corner of Albany County in the U.S. state of New York. It is called the "Spindle City" because of the importance of textile manufacturing to its growth in the 19th century. The city's factories processed cotton from the Deep South.

As of the 2020 census, the city population was 18,174. The name Cohoes is believed to be derived from a Mohawk term, Ga-ha-oose, referring to the Cohoes Falls and meaning "Place of the Falling Canoe," an interpretation noted by Horatio Gates Spafford in his 1823 publication "A Gazetteer of the State of New York". Later historians posited that the name is derived from the Algonquian Cohoes, a place name based on a word meaning 'pine tree'.^[2][3]