Alcove
Alcove is a hamlet in the town of Coeymans, Albany County, New York, United States. It is a prime example of a 19th-century mill town located at a rural intersection, and as such it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Albany area as the Alcove Historic District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in New York, United States of America
- Also known as: “Alcove, New York”, “Alcove, NY”, and “Stephensville”
- Postal code: 12007
Places of Interest
Highlights include Valley Paper Mill Chimney and Site and Alcove Reservoir.
Valley Paper Mill Chimney and Site
Historic site
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Valley Paper Mill Chimney and Site is a historic chimney and archaeological site located at Alcove in Albany County, New York. It consists of the surviving 1844 Valley Paper Mill chimney and the site of the former straw pulp paper mill.
Alcove Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alcove Reservoir is a reservoir located in Albany County, New York, United States. It serves as a water supply for the city of Albany. At 618 ft in elevation, the closest hamlet is Alcove, part of the town of Coeymans. Alcove Reservoir is situated 1½ miles northwest of Alcove.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coeymans Hollow and Dormansville.
Coeymans Hollow
Hamlet
Coeymans Hollow is a hamlet in Albany County, New York, United States. The community is located along New York State Route 143 4 miles west of Ravena. Coeymans Hollow has a post office with ZIP code 12046. Coeymans Hollow is situated 1½ miles east of Alcove.
Dormansville
Hamlet
Dormansville is a hamlet within the town of Westerlo in Albany County, New York, United States. The community is located along New York State Route 143 16 miles southwest of Albany. Dormansville used to have a post office with ZIP code 12055. Dormansville is situated 4 miles northwest of Alcove.
Surprise
Hamlet
Surprise is a populated place in Greene County, New York, United States. In 2014, the population was 419. Surprise is situated 5 miles south of Alcove.
Alcove
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Coeymans, Albany, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.46869° or 42° 28′ 7″ northLongitude
-73.92568° or 73° 55′ 33″ westElevation
545 feet (166 metres)Open location code
87J8F39F+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 158804249OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Alcove” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿爾科夫 (紐約州)”
- Chinese: “阿爾科夫”
- Dutch: “Alcove”
- Irish: “Alcove”
- Persian: “آلکوو، نیویورک”
- Persian: “آلکوو”
- South Azerbaijani: “آلکوو، نیویورک”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alcove”. Photo: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0.