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This is a list of municipalities in New York, which includes all 534 villages and 62 cities of New York. Of the 534 villages and 62 cities, there are 596 municipalities in New York.

At the time of the 2010 United States Census, ^[1] the state of New York had 555 villages. ^[2] Since then, 21 villages were dissolved (four in Cattaraugus County, three in Oneida County, two each in Chautauqua County, St. Lawrence County and Wayne County, one each in Essex County, Jefferson County, Seneca County, Washington County and Oswego County as well as Keeseville in Clinton and Essex counties), while one new village was created in Suffolk County ( Mastic Beach). ^[3] After only seven years of being incorporated, the Village of Mastic Beach dissolved on December 31, 2017. ^{[4] [5] [6]} The village of Van Etten in Chemung County and the village of Harrisville in Lewis County were both dissolved on December 31, 2018, while the village of Morristown in St. Lawrence County was dissolved on December 31, 2019. ^[7] The village of South Nyack, New York was dissolved in 2022.

Most municipalities in New York are located within a single town and county, but some municipalities are located in more than one town. Of those, there are ten municipalities located in more than one county: ^[2]

• Almond (Allegany & Steuben Counties)
• Attica (Genesee & Wyoming Counties)
• Deposit (Broome & Delaware Counties)
• Dolgeville (Fulton & Herkimer Counties)
• Geneva (Ontario & Seneca Counties)
• Gowanda (Cattaraugus & Erie Counties)
• New York (Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens & Richmond Counties)
• Rushville (Ontario & Yates Counties)
• Saranac Lake (Essex & Franklin Counties)

Extremes in size and population

The most populous and largest city by area in the state is by far New York City, home to 8,804,190 people and comprising just over 300 square miles (800 km²) of land (468.87 square miles (1,210 km²) including water). The least populous city is Sherrill, with just 3,071 inhabitants. The smallest city by area is Mechanicville, which covers 0.91 square miles (2.4 km²) (of which 0.08 square miles (0.2 km²) is water). ^{[10] [11]}

• Smallest village, by area: South Floral Park – 0.096 square miles (0.25 km²) ^{[2] [9]}
• Largest village, by area: Speculator – 44.571 square miles (115.44 km²) ^{[2] [9]}
• Smallest village, by population: Dering Harbor – 50 (2020) ^{[8] [2] [9]}
• Largest village, by population: Hempstead – 59,169 (2020) ^{[8] [2] [9]}

Former villages

Listed below are former villages in the State of New York which either dissolved, consolidated or were acquired by another municipality between 1900 and 2018. To date during this period, there are a total of 47 villages that have chosen dissolution with more expected in the upcoming years. ^[12] A former village does have the option to re-incorporate in the future if the community chooses to do so. Unless otherwise specified, these communities are currently (or will be) considered census-designated places by the U.S. Census Bureau. ^[13]

Gallery

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  New York City, largest city in New York and the United States.

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  Buffalo, the second largest city in New York

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  Yonkers, the third largest.

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  Rochester, the fourth largest.

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  Syracuse, the fifth largest.

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  Albany, the sixth largest and capital of New York.

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  New Rochelle, the seventh largest.

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  Mount Vernon, the eighth largest

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  Schenectady, the ninth largest.

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  Utica, the tenth largest

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  White Plains, the eleventh largest.

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  Niagara Falls, the twelfth largest.

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  Troy, the thirteenth largest.

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  Binghamton, the fourteenth largest.

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  Long Beach, the sixteenth largest.

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  Poughkeepsie, the seventeenth largest.

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  Jamestown, the nineteenth largest.

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  Watertown, the twenty-fifth largest.

See also

• List of city nicknames in New York
• Administrative divisions of New York
• List of counties in New York
• List of towns in New York
• List of census-designated places in New York

Footnotes

References