The following is a series of lists sorted alphabetically of current cities, towns, unincorporated communities, counties, and other recognized places in the
U.S. state
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New York. They also include information on the number and names of counties in which the places lie and their lower and upper
ZIP code bounds, if applicable. Click a letter to find places in New York starting with that letter. For the links to individual pages of places (
counties
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
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towns
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
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cities
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
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villages
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
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census-designated places), please see the Administrative divisions of New York at the bottom.
See also
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List of city nicknames in New York
External links
USGS Fips55 databaseFind places & businesses
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