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Schenectady

Schenectady County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,061. The county seat is . The name is from a Mohawk language word meaning "on the other side of the pine lands," a term that originally applied to Albany.
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  • Type: County with 155,000 residents
  • Description: county in New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Schenectady County”, “Schenectady County, New York”, and “Schenectady County, NY”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mabee House.

Museum
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The , on the grounds of the Mabee Farm Historic Site, is the oldest house still standing in the Mohawk Valley. It is located in the town of , in the hamlet of Rotterdam Junction, New York, along New York State Highway 5S, about six miles west of the city of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pattersonville-Rotterdam Junction and Scotia.

Hamlet
was a census-designated place in Schenectady County, , United States. The population was 918 at the 2000 census.

Village
is a village in Schenectady County, New York, United States, incorporated in 1904. The population was 7,272 at the 2020 census. is part of the town of Glenville, and is connected with the city of by the Western Gateway Bridge over the .

Hamlet
is a hamlet located northwest of Rotterdam Junction in the town of Glenville in Schenectady County, New York, United States. NY-5 runs east-west through the hamlet. is located on the north bank of the .

Schenectady

Latitude
42.8419° or 42° 50′ 31″ north
Longitude
-74.0434° or 74° 2′ 36″ west
Population
155,000
Elevation
1,070 feet (326 metres)
Open location code
87J7RXR4+QJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5296751371
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5136456
Wiki­data ID
Q487599
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Schenectady” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Schenectady County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة شينيكتادي”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه شينيكتادي، نيويورك”
  • Armenian: “Սկենեկտադի շրջան”
  • Armenian: “Սքենեքթեդի շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Schenectady”
  • Basque: “Schenectady konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Schenectady County, New York”
  • Bavarian: “Schenectady County”
  • Belarusian: “Скенектадзі”
  • Bishnupriya: “স্চেনেকটেডি কাউন্টি, নিউ ইয়র্ক”
  • Bishnupriya: “স্চেনেকটেডি কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Скънектади”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Schenectady”
  • Cebuano: “Schenectady County”
  • Chechen: “Скенектади (гуо, Нью-Йорк)”
  • Chechen: “Скенектади”
  • Chinese: “Schenectady Kūn”
  • Chinese: “斯克內克塔迪縣”
  • Chinese: “斯克内克塔迪县”
  • Chinese: “斯克奈塔第縣”
  • Czech: “Schenectady County”
  • Dutch: “Schenectady County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Schenectady”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Schenectady”
  • Esperanto: “Schenectady County”
  • Finnish: “Schenectadyn piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Schenectady”
  • French: “Comté de Schenectady”
  • French: “Schenectady County”
  • Georgian: “სკენეკტადის ოლქი”
  • German: “Schenectady County”
  • Gilaki: “اسکنکتدی ٚ شأرستان (نيۊیؤرک)”
  • Gilaki: “اسکنکتدی ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hungarian: “Schenectady megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Schenectady, Nua-Eabhrac”
  • Irish: “Contae Schenectady”
  • Italian: “contea di Schenectady”
  • Italian: “Contea di Schenectady”
  • Italian: “Schenectady County”
  • Japanese: “スケネクタディ郡”
  • Korean: “스키넥터디군”
  • Latin: “Comitatus Schenectadensis”
  • Latin: “Schenectady Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Schenectady County”
  • Marathi: “स्केनेक्टेडी काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “اسکنکتدی شهرستان (نیویورک)”
  • Mazanderani: “اسکنکتدی شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Schenectady Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Schenectady Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Schenectady County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Schenectady fylke”
  • Norwegian: “Schenectady County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان اسکنکتادی، نیویورک”
  • Persian: “شهرستان اسکنکتادی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان اسکنکتدی”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Schenectady”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Schenectady”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Schenectady”
  • Portuguese: “Schenectady County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Schenectady, New York”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Schenectady”
  • Russian: “Скенектади”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Schenectady”
  • Serbian: “Округ Скенектади”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Schenectady County, New York”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Schenectady County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Schenectady”
  • Slovenian: “Schenectady County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Schenectady”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Schenectady”
  • Spanish: “Schenectady County”
  • Swedish: “Schenectady County”
  • Tagalog: “Schenectady County, New York”
  • Tagalog: “Schenectady County”
  • Tatar: “Скенектади (округ, Нью-Йорк)”
  • Tatar: “Скенектади”
  • Tumbuka: “Schenectady”
  • Turkish: “Schenectady County, N.Y.”
  • Turkish: “Schenectady County, New York”
  • Turkish: “Schenectady County, NY”
  • Turkish: “Schenectady County”
  • Turkish: “Schenectady ilçesi, N.Y.”
  • Turkish: “Schenectady ilçesi, New York”
  • Turkish: “Schenectady ilçesi, NY”
  • Turkish: “Schenectady ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Скенектеді”
  • Urdu: “شنکٹیڈی کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Schenectady”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Schenectady, New York”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Schenectady, Nữu Ước”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Schenectady”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Schenectady, New York”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Schenectady”
  • Welsh: “Schenectady County, Efrog Newydd”
  • Welsh: “Schenectady County”
  • Western Panjabi: “سکینکٹڈی کاؤنٹی”
  • Western Panjabi: “شنکٹیڈی کاؤنٹی”

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Localities in the Area

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