Jan Gowson Island
Jan Gowson Island is an islet in Albany, New York. Jan Gowson Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood North Central, as well as near Lansingburgh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Albany County, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Green Island” and “Jan Gownson Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Van Schaick House and Lansingburgh Village Burial Ground.
Van Schaick House
Museum
Photo: Tsf01, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Van Schaick House is a historic home located on Van Schaick Island at Cohoes in Albany County, New York. It was built about 1735 for Anthony Van Schaick, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, brick dwelling with a gambrel roof.
Lansingburgh Village Burial Ground
Cemetery
Lansingburgh Village Burial Ground is a historic cemetery located in the Lansingburgh section of Troy in Rensselaer County, New York. It was founded in 1771 and contains approximately 350 graves dating to 1912.
Herman Melville House
Museum
Photo: Midnightdreary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Herman Melville House is a historic home located at Lansingburgh in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. It was a home of author Herman Melville between 1838 and 1847.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Green Island and Cohoes.
Green Island
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Green Island is a coterminous town-village in Albany County, New York, United States, some 8 miles north of Albany. Green Island is one of only five such town-village amalgamations in New York.
Cohoes
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cohoes is a city in Albany County on the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers, where the Mohawk forms several channels and islands.
Troy
Photo: AndreCarrotflower, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Troy is a city in Rensselaer County, New York located northeast of Albany. Its nicknames include "The Collar City" and "Home of Uncle Sam." As a result of its unique history, Troy still has what is widely considered to be the best-preserved big-city 19th-century downtown in the country.
Jan Gowson Island
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Albany, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.75867° or 42° 45′ 31″ northLongitude
-73.68546° or 73° 41′ 8″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87J8Q857+FROpenStreetMap ID
way 615658375OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
“Jan Gowson Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jan Gowson Island”
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