Rensselaer may refer to:
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Rensselaer, Indiana
Rensselaer is a city located along the Iroquois River (Indiana-Illinois), Iroquois River in Marion Township, Jasper County, Indiana, Marion Township, Jasper County, Indiana, Jasper County, Indiana, United States. The population was 5,733 at the 2 ...
, a city
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Rensselaer (Amtrak station) Rensselaer may refer to:
Places
*Rensselaer, Indiana, a city
**Rensselaer (Amtrak station), serving the city
*Rensselaer, Missouri, a village
*Rensselaer County, New York
*Rensselaer, New York, a city in Rensselaer County
*Rensselaer Falls, New Yo ...
, serving the city
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Rensselaer, Missouri
Rensselaer is a village in Ralls County, Missouri, United States. The population was 253 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Hannibal Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Rensselaer was laid out in 1876. The community took its name from ne ...
, a village
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Rensselaer County, New York
Rensselaer County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 161,130. Its county seat is Troy, New York, Troy. The county is named ...
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Rensselaer, New York
Rensselaer is a city in Rensselaer County, New York, United States, and is located on the east side of the Hudson River, opposite Albany and on the western border of Rensselaer County. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 9,210.
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, a city in Rensselaer County
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Rensselaer Falls, New York
Rensselaer Falls is a village located in St. Lawrence County, New York. As of the 2010 census, the village had a total population of 332. The current name came from mill owner Henry Van Rensselaer.
The Village of Rensselaer Falls is in the weste ...
, a village in St. Lawrence County
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Rensselaerville, New York
Rensselaerville () is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Albany County, New York, Albany County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 1,826 at the 2020 census.2020 Census, US Census Bureau, Rensselaervil ...
, a town in Albany County
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Manor of Rensselaerswyck
Rensselaerswyck was a Dutch colonial patroonship and later an England, English Proprietary colony, manor owned by the Van Rensselaer (family), van Rensselaer family located in the present-day Capital District, New York, Capital District of New Yor ...
, the Van Rensselaer family's estate during colonial times
People
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Van Rensselaer (surname)
Van Rensselaer is a toponymic surname of Dutch origin. It derives from the farmstead of De Renselaar, situated near Putten in Gelderland. ''Van'' is a preposition meaning "from" and is a common prefix in Dutch-language surnames. In Dutch, "van" i ...
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Rensselaer R. Bigelow (1848–1907), justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada
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Rensselaer Morse Lewis (1820-1888), Wisconsin state legislator
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Rensselaer Nelson (1826-1904), U.S. federal judge
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Rensselaer Westerlo (1776–1851), U.S. Congressman from New York
* Bret Rensselaer, an American-born, British spy in the
Bernard Samson novels
Other
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (; RPI) is a private university, private research university in Troy, New York, United States. It is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world and the Western Hemisphere. It was establishe ...
, a university in Troy, New York
See also
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Van Rensselaer (disambiguation)
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