New York County Selection List | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Date Formed |
Parent County | County Seat |
Contact |
| Albany | 1683 | original county | Albany | Debby Masterson |
| Allegany | 1806 | Genesee | Belmont | Linda Simpson |
| Bronx | 1914 | New York | Bronx | Linda Simpson |
| Broome | 1806 | Tioga | Binghamton | Tim Stowell |
| Cattaraugus | 1808 | Genesee | Little Valley | Richard Allen, Sr. |
| Cayuga | 1799 | Onondaga | Auburn | Bernie Corcoran |
| Charlotte | 1772 | Albany | renamed Washington in 1784 | |
| Chautauqua | 1808 | Genesee | Mayville | Jay Priest |
| Chemung | 1836 | Tioga | Elmira | Maggie Young Joyce Tice |
| Chenango | 1798 | Herkimer, Tioga | Norwich | Tim Stowell |
| Clinton | 1788 | Washington | Plattsburgh | Fred V. Provoncha |
| Columbia | 1786 | Albany | Hudson | Tim Stowell |
| Cortland | 1808 | Onondaga | Cortland | Tim Stowell |
| Delaware | 1797 | Ulster, Otsego | Delhi | Joyce Riedinger |
| Dutchess | 1683 | original county | Poughkeepsie | Lynn Brandvold Tim Stowell |
| Erie | 1821 | Niagara | Buffalo |  |
| Essex | 1799 | Clinton | Elizabethtown | Fred V. Provoncha |
| Franklin | 1808 | Clinton | Malone | Lisa Slaski |
| Fulton | 1838 | Montgomery | Johnstown | |
| Genesee | 1802 | Ontario | Batavia | Vikki Gray |
| Greene | 1800 | Ulster, Albany | Catskill | Lynn Tooley |
| Hamilton | 1816 | Montgomery | Lake Pleasant | |
| Herkimer | 1791 | Montgomery | Herkimer | |
| Jefferson | 1805 | Oneida | Watertown | Bruce Coyne Larry Corbett Tom LaClair |
| Kings (Brooklyn) |
1683 | Original county | Brooklyn | Nancy E. Lutz |
| Lewis | 1805 | Oneida | Lowville | |
| Livingston | 1821 | Genesee, Ontario | Geneseo | Lynn Tooley |
| Madison | 1806 | Chenango | Wampsville | Tim Stowell |
| Monroe | 1821 | Genesee, Ontario | Rochester | Dick Halsey |
| Montgomery | 1772 | Albany (as Tryon to 1784) | Fonda | |
| Nassau | 1899 | Queens | Mineola | Eireann Brooks |
| New York City (Manhattan) |
1683 | Original county | New York | Martha A C Graham |
| Niagara | 1808 | Genesee | Lockport | Norma Haas Carissa Smith |
| Oneida | 1798 | Herkimer | Utica | Betty Carpenter-McCulloch |
| Onondaga | 1794 | Herkimer | Syracuse | Pam Priest |
| Ontario | 1789 | Montgomery | Canandaigua | Tim Stowell |
| Orange | 1683 | Original county | Goshen | Tim Stowell |
| Orleans | 1824 | Genesee | Albion | Jim Friday Bob Hales Stu VanOrden |
| Oswego | 1816 | Oneida, Onondaga | Oswego, Pulaski | |
| Otsego | 1791 | Montgomery | Cooperstown | |
| Putnam | 1812 | Dutchess | Carmel | Cathy Horn | Queens | 1683 | Original county | Jamaica | Martha A C Graham |
| Rensselaer | 1791 | Albany | Troy | Debby Masterson |
| Richmond (Staten Island) |
1683 | Original county | St. George | Janet Britton |
| Rockland | 1798 | Orange | New City | Bruce Hamilton |
| St. Lawrence | 1802 | Clinton, Herkimer, Montgomery | Canton | Russ Sprague |
| Saratoga | 1791 | Albany | Ballston Spa | Lynn Calvin |
| Schenectady | 1809 | Albany | Schenectady | Robert Sullivan |
| Schoharie | 1795 | Albany, Ostego | Schoharie | Doug Boyer |
| Schuyler | 1854 | Tompkins, Steuben, Chemung | Watkins Glen | Linda O'Halloran |
| Seneca | 1804 | Cayuga | Ovid, Waterloo | Daryl VerStreate Jr. |
| Steuben | 1796 | Ontario | Bath | Martha A C Graham |
| Suffolk | 1683 | Original county | Riverhead | LaRae Halsey-Brooks |
| Sullivan | 1809 | Ulster | Monticello | Tim Stowell |
| Tioga | 1791 | Montgomery | Owego | Tracey Taylor |
| Tompkins | 1817 | Cayuga, Seneca | Ithaca | Steve Bissen |
| Tryon | 1772 | Albany | (renamed Montgomery 1784) | |
| Ulster | 1683 | Original county | Kingston | Lynn Tooley |
| Warren | 1813 | Washington | Lake George | Tim Stowell |
| Washington | 1772 | Albany (see Charlotte) | Hudson Falls | George Jackson |
| Wayne | 1823 | Ontario, Seneca | Lyons | Tim Stowell |
| Westchester | 1683 | Original county | White Plains | Cathy Horn |
| Wyoming | 1841 | Genesee | Warsaw | Lynn Tooley |
| Yates | 1823 | Ontario, Steuben | Penn Yan | Fran Dumas |
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last edited 16 Sep 2025