List of incorporated places in New York's Hudson Valley

There are three types of incorporated municipalities in the Hudson Valley in the U.S. state of New York: city, town, and village. In the state of New York all the land in a county is in a city, town, or Indian Reservation; while villages are within towns and may cross town or county lines. There are 11 counties in the Hudson Valley comprising 13 cities, 143 towns, and 62 villages. The counties are Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester. The village of Green Island is coterminous with the town of the same name.  Ballston Spa, Broadalbin, Cambridge, Chatham, Fort Plain, Greenwich, Nassau, and Valley Falls are villages that cross into two towns.

Ten of the eleven counties of the Hudson Valley make up two Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) and three Micropolitan Statistical Areas (µSA), which those five statistical areas then make up the Albany-Schenectady-Amsterdam Combined Statistical Area. Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Schoharie counties make up the Albany-Schenectady-Troy MSA; while Warren and Washington counties are the constituent counties of the Glens Falls MSA. Fulton County is the sole county in the Gloversville µSA, Montgomery County is the Amsterdam µSA, and Columbia County is the Hudson µSA. Greene County is not in any CSA, MSA, or µSA.

Incorporated cities, towns, and villages

Place Name

County

Population
(2000 Census)

Area
(as of 2000)

Type of municipality

Metro or micro
statistical area

Incorp.
date

Image

Airmont

Rockland

Annandale-on-Hudson

Dutchess

Arlington

Dutchess

Balmville

Orange

Beacon

Dutchess

Brewster

Putnam

Briarcliff Manor

Westchester

Buchanan

Westchester

Carmel

Putnam

Chester

Orange

Chestnut Ridge

Rockland

Cold Spring

Putnam

Congers

Rockland

Copake

Cornwall

Orange

Cortlandt Manor

Westchester

Croton-on-Hudson

Westchester

Delmar

Dobbs Ferry

Westchester

East Fishkill

Westchester

Elsmere

Esopus

Fairview

Fishkill

Dutchess

Fort Montgomery

Orange

Garrison

Gardiner

Glasco

Goshen

Orange

Grand View-on-Hudson

Rockland

Hastings-on-Hudson

Westchester

Haverstraw

Rockland

Highland

Highland Falls

Orange

Highland Mills

Orange

Hillburn

Rockland

Hillcrest

Rockland

Hyde Park

Dutchess

Irvington

Westchester

Kent

Putnam

Kingston

Mahopac

Malden-on-Hudson

Marlboro

Middletown

Orange

Millbrook

Milton

Monroe

Orange

Monsey

Rockland

Monticello

Montebello

Rockland

Montgomery

Montrose

Mount Ivy

Rockland

Nanuet

New City

New Hamburg

New Paltz

New Windsor

Newburgh, City of

Newburgh, Town of

Nyack

Ossining

Westchester

Palisades

Patterson

Putnam

Pawling

Dutchess

Pearl River

Peekskill

Westchester

Piermont

Pleasant Valley

Dutchess

Pomona

Port Chester

Westchester

Port Ewen

Poughkeepsie

Putnam Valley

Putnam

Red Hook

Dutchess

Rhinebeck

Dutchess

Rhinecliff

Dutchess

Saugerties

Selkirk

Sleepy Hollow

Westchester

Sloatsburg

Southeast

Putnam

South Nyack

Sparkill

Spring Valley

Staatsburg

Dutchess

Stockport

Stony Point

Stuyvesant

Suffern

Tarrytown

Westchester

Tivoli

Dutchess

Upper Nyack

Valatie

Valhalla

Westchester

Valley Cottage

Van Keurens

Verplanck

Wappinger

Warwick

Washingtonville

Wawarsing

West Haverstraw

West Nyack

West Park

West Point

Woodstock

Yonkers

Westchester

Yorktown

Westchester

Place Name

County

Population
(2000 Census)

Area
(as of 2000)

Type of municipality

Metro or micro
statistical area

Incorp.
date

Image

* Albany

Albany

95,658

 sq mi (56.6 km2)

City

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1686

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Altamont

Albany

1,737

 sq mi (3.1 km2)

Village

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1860

Ancram

Columbia

1,513

 sq mi (110.7 km2)

Town

Hudson μSA

1803

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Ashland

Greene

752

 sq mi (67.3 km2)

Town

None

1848

Athens

Greene

3,991

 sq mi (74.7 km2)

Town

None

1815

Athens

Greene

1,695

 sq mi (11.9 km2)

Village

None

1805

Austerlitz

Columbia

1,453

 sq mi (126.5 km2)

Town

Hudson μSA

1818

Berlin

Rensselaer

1,901

 sq mi (155.2 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1806

Berne

Albany

2,846

 sq mi (167.7 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1795

Bethlehem

Albany

31,304

 sq mi (128.4 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1793

Brunswick

Rensselaer

11,644

 sq mi (115.6 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1807

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Cairo

Greene

6,355

 sq mi (155.8 km2)

Town

None

1802

Canaan

Columbia

1,820

 sq mi (95.7 km2)

Town

Hudson μSA

1788

Castleton-on-Hudson

Rensselaer

1,619

 sq mi (2.1 km2)

Village

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1827

Catskill

Greene

11,849

 sq mi (166.2 km2)

Town

None

1788

Catskill

Greene

4,392

 sq mi (7.3 km2)

Village

None

1806

Chatham

Columbia

4,249

 sq mi (138.7 km2)

Town

Hudson μSA

1795

Chatham

Columbia

1,758

 sq mi (3.1 km2)

Village

Hudson μSA

1869

Claverack

Columbia

6,401

 sq mi (124.2 km2)

Town

Hudson μSA

1788

Clermont

Columbia

1,726

 sq mi (49.7 km2)

Town

Hudson μSA

1788

Coeymans

Albany

8,151

 sq mi (137.5 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1791

Cohoes

Albany

15,521

 sq mi (11.0 km2)

City

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1869

Cohoes,_NY,_skyline.jpg

Colonie

Albany

79,258

 sq mi (149.9 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1895

Colonie

Albany

7,916

 sq mi (8.6 km2)

Village

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1921

Copake

Columbia

3,278

 sq mi (109.1 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1824

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Coxsackie

Greene

8,884

 sq mi (99.4 km2)

Town

None

1788

Coxsackie

Greene

2,895

 sq mi (6.7 km2)

Village

None

1867

Durham

Greene

2,592

 sq mi (127.6 km2)

Town

None

1790

East Greenbush

Rensselaer

15,560

 sq mi (63.1 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1855

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East Nassau

Rensselaer

571

 sq mi (12.7 km2)

Village

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1998

Gallatin

Columbia

1,499

 sq mi (102.6 km2)

Town

Hudson µSA

1830

Germantown

Columbia

2,018

 sq mi (36.0 km2)

Town

Hudson µSA

1788

Ghent

Columbia

5,276

 sq mi (117.6 km2)

Town

Hudson µSA

1818

Grafton

Rensselaer

1,987

 sq mi (119.0 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1807

Green Island

Albany

2,278

 sq mi (2.4 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1896

Green Island

Albany

2,278

 sq mi (2.4 km2)

Village

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1853

Greenport

Columbia

4,180

 sq mi (53.1 km2)

Town

Hudson μSA

1837

Greenville

Greene

3,316

 sq mi (101.3 km2)

Town

None

1803

Guilderland

Albany

32,688

 sq mi (152 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1803

Halcott

Greene

193

 sq mi (59.7 km2)

Town

None

1851

Hillsdale

Columbia

1,744

 sq mi (123.7 km2)

Town

Hudson μSA

1788

Hoosick

Rensselaer

6,759

 sq mi (163.6 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1788

Hoosick Falls

Rensselaer

3,436

 sq mi (4.5 km2)

Village

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1827

* Hudson

Columbia

7,524

 sq mi (6.0 km2)

City

Hudson μSA

1785

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Hunter

Greene

2,721

 sq mi (235.0 km2)

Town

None

1813

View_from_top_of_Kaaterskill_Falls_2.jpg

Hunter

Greene

490

 sq mi (4.3 km2)

Village

None

1896

Jewitt

Greene

970

 sq mi (130.8 km2)

Town

None

1849

Kinderhook

Columbia

8,296

 sq mi (84.0 km2)

Town

Hudson μSA

1788

Kinderhook

Columbia

1,275

 sq mi (4.9 km2)

Village

Hudson μSA

1838

Knox

Albany

2,647

 sq mi (108.6 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1822

Lexington

Greene

830

 sq mi (206.5 km2)

Town

None

1813

Livingston

Columbia

3,424

 sq mi (100.9 km2)

Town

Hudson μSA

1788

Menands

Albany

3,910

 sq mi (8.8 km2)

Village

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1924

Nassau

Rensselaer

4,818

 sq mi (117.1 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1807

Nassau

Rensselaer

1,161

 sq mi (1.8 km2)

Village

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1819

New Baltimore

Greene

3,417

 sq mi (111.7 km2)

Town

None

1811

New Lebanon

Columbia

2,454

 sq mi (93.2 km2)

Town

Hudson μSA

1818

New Scotland

Albany

8,626

 sq mi (151.3 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1832

North Greenbush

Rensselaer

10,805

 sq mi (49.3 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1855

Petersburgh

Rensselaer

1,563

 sq mi (107.7 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1791

Philmont

Columbia

1,480

 sq mi (3.1 km2)

Village

Hudson μSA

1891

Pittstown

Rensselaer

5,644

 sq mi (167.9 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1788

Poestenkill

Rensselaer

4,054

 sq mi (84.4 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1848

Prattsville

Greene

665

 sq mi (51.1 km2)

Town

None

1824

Ravena

Albany

3,369

 sq mi (3.5 km2)

Village

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1914

Rensselaer

Rensselaer

7,761

 sq mi (8.6 km2)

City

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1897

Rensselaerville

Albany

1,915

 sq mi (160.2 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1790

Sand Lake

Rensselaer

7,987

 sq mi (93.6 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1812

Schaghticoke

Rensselaer

7,456

 sq mi (134.3 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1788

Schaghticoke

Rensselaer

676

 sq mi (2.3 km2)

Village

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1867

Schodack

Rensselaer

12,536

 sq mi (164.9 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1795

Stephentown

Rensselaer

2,873

 sq mi (150.4 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1788

Stockport

Columbia

2,933

 sq mi (34.1 km2)

Town

Hudson μSA

1833

Stuyvesant

Columbia

2,188

 sq mi (69.3 km2)

Town

Hudson μSA

1823

Taghkanic

Columbia

1,118

 sq mi (104.0 km2)

Town

Hudson μSA

1803

Tannersville

Greene

448

 sq mi (3.0 km2)

Village

None

1895

* Troy

Rensselaer

49,170

 sq mi (28.5 km2)

City

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1816

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Valatie

Columbia

1,712

 sq mi (3.3 km2)

Village

Hudson μSA

1856

Valley Falls

Rensselaer

491

 sq mi (1.2 km2)

Village

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1904

Voorheesville

Albany

2,705

 sq mi (5.5 km2)

Village

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1899

Watervliet

Albany

10,207

 sq mi (3.9 km2)

City

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1897

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Westerlo

Albany

3,466

 sq mi (151.6 km2)

Town

Alb.-Sch.-Troy MSA

1815

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Windham

Greene

1,660

 sq mi (117.6 km2)

Town

None

1798

See also

  • Timeline of town creation in the Hudson Valley
  • Administrative divisions of New York
  • List of cities in New York
  • List of towns in New York
  • List of villages in New York