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Schenectady County | |
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![]() Location within the U.S. state of New York | |
![]() New York's location within the U.S. | |
Coordinates: 42°49′N 74°04′W / 42.81°N 74.07°W | |
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Founded | 1809 |
Named for | Mohawk skahn-éht-ati, "beyond the pines" |
Seat | Schenectady |
Largest city | Schenectady |
Area | |
• Total | 209 sq mi (540 km2) |
• Land | 205 sq mi (530 km2) |
• Water | 4.9 sq mi (13 km2) 2.3% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 158,061[1] |
• Density | 772.3/sq mi (298.2/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Congressional district | 20th |
Website | www |
Schenectady County (/skəˈnɛktədi/) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,061.[2] The county seat is Schenectady.[3] The name is from a Mohawk language word meaning "on the other side of the pine lands," a term that originally applied to Albany. The county is part of the Capital District region of the state.
Schenectady County is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is west of the confluence of the Mohawk with the Hudson River. It includes territory on the north and the south sides of the Mohawk River.
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