Columbia County, New York Basics:


Columbia County New York - Government Site

Population: 62,485
Area: 635 square miles
County seat: Hudson
Area code(s) in use: 518 845
Time zone: EST
High school graduate or higher: 87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.9%
Median household income: $56,445
Persons in poverty: 9.8%
Home ownership rate: 72.9%
Mean travel time to work: 25.5 minutes


Adjacent counties:
Albany  Berkshire (MA)  Dutchess  Greene  Rensselaer  Ulster  

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Our detail map of Columbia County shows the Columbia County, New York boundary lines and other interesting items.

Places in Columbia County, New York

  Airports     show all on map

B Flat Farm Airport, Columbia County Airport, Copake Lake Seaplane Base, Green Acres Airport, Klaverack Airport, Kline Kill Airport, Silvernails Field Airport, SOP Airport, TGP-254 Heliport

  Bars     show all on map

Green Flats, Priming Hook

  Bays     show all on map

North Bay

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Black Grocery Bridge, Kinderhook Creek Bridge, Rip Van Winkle Bridge, Roeliff Jansenkil Bridge, Stockport Creek Bridge

  Buildings     show all on map

Adventist Nursing Home, American Museum of Firefighting, Ancram Volunteer Fire Company, Austerlitz Volunteer Fire Company, Barnwell Nursing Home and Health Facilities, Canaan Protective Fire Company, Canaan Town Hall, Chatham Public Library, Chatham Rescue Squad, Chatham Town Hall, Chatham Village Fire Department, Churchtown Fire Company 1, Clausson Raught Community Rescue Squad, Claverack Fire Department - A B Shaw Fire Company, Claverack Free Library, Clermont Town Hall, Clermont Volunteer Fire Department Station 1, Clermont Volunteer Fire Department Station 2, Columbia County Court House, Columbia County Jail, Community Theatre, Copake Fire Company 1, Copake Town Offices, Craryville Volunteer Fire Company, East Chatham Volunteer Fire Company, Eden Park Health Care Center, Firemens Home Nursing Home of the State of New York, Germantown Hose Company 1, Germantown Library, Ghent Town Hall, Ghent Volunteer Fire Company 1, Greenport Fire Department Becraft Pumper Company 2, Greenport Fire Department Pumper Company 1, Greenport Fire Department Pumper Company 3, Greenport Manor Assisted Living Center, Greenport Pumper Company Number 1, H W Rogers Hose Company Number 2, Hillsdale Fire Company 1, Home for the Aged, House of History, Hudson Area Association Library, Hudson Boys Club, Hudson City Hall, Hudson Fire Department - C H Evans Hook and Ladder Company 2, Hudson Fire Department Central Station, Ichabod Crane Community House, Jewish Community Center, Kinderhook Fire House - Palmer Engine and Hose Company, Kinderhook Memorial Library, Lebanon Valley Protective Association New Lebanon Station, Lebanon Valley Protective Association West Lebanon Station, Livingston Pumper Company 1, Mellenville Volunteer Fire Company 1, New Lebanon Library, Niverville Volunteer Fire Department Station 1, Niverville Volunteer Fire Department Station 2, North Chatham Fire Department, North Chatham Free Library, Palmer Engine and Hose Company, Philmont Rescue Squad, Philmont Volunteer Fire Company 1, Pine Haven Nursing Home, Prospect Hill Geriatric Center, Providence Hall Assisted Living Center, Red Rock Volunteer Fire Company, Shaker Museum, Spencertown Volunteer Fire Company, Stewart Hall, Stockport Volunteer Fire Company 1, Stottville Fire Department, Stuyvesant Fire District 1, Taghkanic Volunteer Fire Company 1 East Taghkanic Station 2, Taghkanic Volunteer Fire Company 1 West Taghkanic Station 1, Tri Village Volunteer Fire Company Chatham Center Station 2, Tri Village Volunteer Fire Company Malden Bridge Station 3, Tri Village Volunteer Fire Company Old Chatham Station 1, Valatie Free Library, Valatie Volunteer Fire Department, Washington Hose Company Number 3, West Ghent Volunteer Fire Company, Whittier Place Assisted Living Center, Whittier Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center

  Capes     show all on map

Gays Point, Judson Point, Little Nutten Hook

  Cemeteries     show all on map

Ancram Old Cemetery, Ancram Union Cemetery, Austerlitz Cemetery, Buckley's Corner Cemetery, Canaan Cemetery, Cedar Park Cemetery, Cemetery of the Evergreens, Chatham Rural Cemetery, Cheriot Cemetery, Church of Nativity Cemetery, Clermont Cemetery, Collins Cemetery, Columbia County Cemetery, Copake Cemetery, Cornwall-Tilden Cemetery, Crum Church Cemetery, Elizaville Cemetery, Firwood Cemetery, German Church Cemetery, Germantown Reformed Cemetery, Ghent Union Cemetery, Harlemville Cemetery, Hillsdale Cemetery, Hudson City Cemetery, Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Kinderhook Cemetery, Livingston Reformed Cemetery, Lovejoy-Beebe Cemetery, Methodist Cemetery, Mott Cemetery, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Mountain View Cemetery, Niver Cemetery, North Chatham Cemetery, Old Saint Bridget's Cemetery, Prospect Hill Cemetery, Red Rock Cemetery, Sacred Heart Cemetery, Saint James Cemetery, Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery, Saint Paul Cemetery, Shufelt Cemetery, Snyder Cemetery, Spencertown Cemetery, Stuyvesant Falls Cemetery, Swartwout Memorial Cemetery, The Maples Cemetery, Union Cemetery, Valatie Cemetery, Valley View Cemetery, West Copake Cemetery, West Ghent Cemetery, Williams Cemetery

  Census     show all on map

Claverack-Red Mills Census Designated Place, Copake Falls Census Designated Place, Copake Hamlet Census Designated Place, Copake Lake Census Designated Place, Germantown Census Designated Place, Ghent Census Designated Place, Lorenz Park Census Designated Place, Niverville Census Designated Place, Stottville Census Designated Place, Taconic Shores Census Designated Place

  Channels     show all on map

North German Town Reach

  Churches     show all on map

All Saints Chapel, Ancramdale Presbyterian Church, Anshe Amass Synagogue, Bible Baptist Church, Calvary Assembly of God Church, Canaan Congregational United Church of Christ, Carmelite Sisters Convent, Chatham Center United Methodist Church, Chatham Methodist Church, Christ Emanuel Lutheran Church, Christ Episcopal Church, Christ Lutheran Church, Christian Community Church, Church of the Resurrection, Clermont Bible Church, Copake United Methodist Church, Cornerstone Fellowship Church, Elizaville Methodist Church, Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Emanuel Lutheran Church, First Baptist Church, First Church of Christ Scientist, First Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, First Presbyterian Church, First Reformed Church, Gallatin Church, German Church, Germantown United Methodist Church, Ghent Reformed Church, Holy Family Church, Kinderhook Reformed Church, Linlithgo Reformed Church, Livingston Memorial Church, Livingston Seventh Day Adventist Church, Mount Pleasant Church, Nativity Chapel, New Concord Reformed Church, New Lebanon Congregational Church, North Chatham United Methodist Church, Northern Columbia Evangelical Church, Payne African Methodist Episcopal Church, Pentecostal Gospel Lighthouse, Philmont Methodist Church, Reformed Church of Chatham, Reformed Church of Germantown, Reformed Dutch Church, Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Sacred Heart - Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine, Sacred Heart Church, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Saint Bridget's Church, Saint John The Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Saint John's Lutheran Church, Saint John's Lutheran Church, Saint John's Lutheran Church, Saint Johns Church, Saint Joseph Church, Saint Luke's Church, Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, Saint Luke's Lutheran Church, Saint Marks Episcopal Church, Saint Marks Second Evangelical Lutheran Church, Saint Mary's Church, Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Saint Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Saint Michaels Ukranian Greek Catholic Orthodox Church, Saint Nicholas Ukranian Catholic Church, Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Saint Pauls Church, Saint Thomas Lutheran Church, Second Reformed Church, Seventh Day Adventist Church, Seventh Day Adventist Church at Kinderhook, Shiloh Baptist Church, Shiloh Baptist Church, State Street African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Taghkanic Center Church, Trinity Church, Trinity United Methodist Church, Veeder Memorial Church, West Copake Church

  Falls     show all on map

Buttermilk Falls, High Falls, Rossman Falls

  Forests     show all on map

Beebe Hill State Forest

  Hospitals     show all on map

Adventist Home, Columbia Memorial Hospital, Potts Memorial Hospital (historical)

  Islands     show all on map

Bush Island, Houghtaling Island, Mosquito Island, Rogers Island, Stockport Middle Ground

  Lakes     show all on map

Acker Pond, Bachus Pond, Barrett Pond, Beaver Pond, Beaver Pond, Beaver Pond, Beebe Pond, Bell Pond, Chrysler Pond, Copake Lake, Dewitt Pond, Forest Pond, Fowlers Pond, Goose Pond, Hess Pond, Knickerbocker Lake, Lake Taghkanic, Lilli Pond, Long Pond, Lower Rhoda Pond, Merwin Lake, Miller Pond, Moore Pond, No Bottom Pond, Queechy Lake, Robinson Pond, Shaver Pond, Smith Pond, Snyder Pond, Stever Pond, Sutherland Pond, Twin Lakes, Upper Rhoda Pond, Weigelt Pond

  Locales     show all on map

Barton Corners, Berkshire Farm for Boys, Birthplace of Robert Livingston, Blackberry Hill Farm, Braleys Farm, Brook N Wood Family Campground, Brosen Farm And Greenhouses, Burden Dock, Camp Columbia, Camp Waubeeka, Camp Waubeeka Family Campground, Canaan Endpoint Toll Plaza, Cherry Ridge Farms, Columbia Country Club, Columbia County Commerce Center, Coons Store (historical), Copake Country Club, Edwards Park, Fix Brothers Farm, Golden Harvest Farms, Greenport Sewage Treatment Plant, Ham Mill (historical), Harrier Fields Farm, Hawthorne Valley Farm, Highland Farm, Holmquest Farms, Hopedale Farm, Ichabod Crane Home, Katchkie Farm, Lebanon Valley Speedway, Little Rainbow Chevre, Little River Farm, Love Apple Farms, Maplewood Camps (historical), Martin Van Buren Homestead, Meadowgreens Golf Course, Millerhurst Farm, Nahlik Farms, Nine-Jay Nursery And Greenhouses, Oleana Family Campground, Pumpkin Ridge Farm, Punsit Valley Farm, Quiet Woman Farm, Red Barn Farm, Rider Farm, Rider Farm, Roxbury Farm, Samascott Orchard, Smith Farms, Stockport Station, Stone House Farm, Taconic Orchards, The Farm At Miller's Crossing, The Maelstrom, Thompson-Finch Farm, Turkana Farm, Undermountain Golf Course, Wagar Orchards, Washburn Dock, White Oak Farms, Winding Brook Country Club, Woodland Hills Campground, Yonder Fruit Farms

  Mines     show all on map

Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone Quarry, Hudson Limestone Quarry, Lebanon Springs Limestone Quarry

  Parks     show all on map

Clermont State Historic Site, Clermont State Park, Franklin Square, Lake Taghkanic State Park, Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, Olana Historic Site, Shafford Memorial Park, Taconic State Park, Washington Park, Wortman Square

  Pillars     show all on map

Manor Rock, Pinnacle

  Populated Places     show all on map

Ancram, Ancramdale, Arnolds Mill, Austerlitz, Bells Pond Mobile Home Park, Bingham Mills, Blue Store, Boston Corner, Breezy Hills Mobile Home Park, Brick Tavern, Buckleyville, Burden, Burvey Mobile Home Park, Canaan, Canaan Center, Chatham, Chatham Center, Cherry Hill, Cheviot, Churchtown, Claverack, Clermont, Columbia Villa Mobile Home Park, Columbiaville, Copake, Copake Falls, Copake Lake, Country Estates East, Craryville, Dutch Village Mobile Home Park, Dwarf Orchard Park, East Chatham, East Hillsdale, East Taghkanic, Edgewood Acres Mobile Home Park, Elizaville, Flatbrook, Gallatinville, Germantown, Ghent, Glenco Mills, Golden Acres, Green River, Greendale, Greenport Center, Hanson Trailer Park, Hansons Mobile Home Park, Harlemville, Hillsdale, Hollowville, Hollowville Trailer Park, Hudson, Humphreysville, Jo-nel Mobile Home Park, Jutkosky Court, Kinderhook, Lebanon Springs, Linlithgo, Linlithgo Mills, Livingston, Lorenz Park, Malden Bridge, Manorton, Martindale, Mellenville, Moorhouse Corner, Nevis, New Britain (historical), New Concord, New Forge, New Lebanon, New Lebanon Center, Newton Hook, Niverville, North Chatham, North Germantown, North Hillsdale, Oak Hill Landing, Oakdale, Old Chatham, Omi, Paulies Mobile Home Park, Philmont, Poolsburg, Pulvers, Pumpkin Hollow, Queechy, Rayville, Red Mills, Red Rock, Riders, Riders Mills, Rock City, Rossman, Silvernails, Snyderville, Spaulding Furnace, Spencertown, Stockport, Stones Mobile Manor, Stottville, Stuyvesant, Stuyvesant Falls, Sunnyside, Taconic Shores, Taghkanic, Upper Hollowville, Valatie, Valatie Colony, Viewmonte, Weed Mines, West Copake, West Ghent, West Lebanon, West Taghkanic

  Post Offices     show all on map

Ancram Post Office, Chatham Post Office, Columbiaville Post Office, Craryville Post Office, Elizaville Post Office, Germantown Post Office, Ghent Post Office, Hillsdale Post Office, Hudson Post Office, Kinderhook Post Office, Mellenville Post Office, New Britain Post Office (historical), North Chatham Post Office, Philmont Post Office, Stottville Post Office, Valatie Post Office

  Reservoirs     show all on map

Churchtown Reservoir, Kinderhook Lake, Philmont Reservoir, Pond Lily Pond, Underhill Pond

  Schools     show all on map

Allen Street Public School, Berkshire Farm Union School, Blue Hill School (historical), Charles S Williams Memorial Public School, Chatham High School, Chatham Middle School, Columbia-Greene Community College, Country Club School (historical), Darrow School, Fourth Street Public School, Germantown Central School, Greenport School, Hawthorne Valley School, Hudson High School, Hudson Junior High School, Hudson Middle School, Ichabod Crane Middle School, Ichabod Crane Primary School, Ichabod Crane Senior High School, John L Edwards School, Martin H Glynn Elementary School, Martin Van Buren Elementary School, Mary E Dardess Elementary School, New Lebanon Junior-Senior High School, Ockawamick Central School, Riders Mills School, Roeliff Jansen School, Rossman School, Saint Mary's Academy, School Number 10 (historical), School Number 11 (historical), School Number 12 (historical), School Number 3 (historical), School Number 3 (historical), School Number 4 (historical), School Number 4 (historical), School Number 5 (historical), School Number 6 (historical), School Number 7 (historical), Schuderhook School (historical), Sixth Street School, Snyderville School (historical), Spencertown Academy (historical), State School for Girls, Stone Mill School (historical), Swamp School (historical), Taconic Hills Elementary School, Taconic Hills High School, Taconic Hills Middle School, Walker Mill School (historical), Walter B Howard Elementary School, Waltermire School, White School (historical)

  Streams     show all on map

Agawamuck Creek, Baldwin Brook, Bash Bish Brook, Cedar Brook, Chrysler Pond Outlet, Claverack Creek, Cranse Creek, Doove Kill, Fitting Creek, Flat Brook, Foxes Creek, Frisbee Creek, Green Brook, Green River, Hallenbeck Creek, Ham Brook, Hollow Brook, Hollowville Creek, Indian Creek, Kinderhook Creek, Klein Kill, Kline Kill, Loomis Creek, Mill Creek, Mud Creek, Mud Creek, North Creek, Noster Kill, Punch Brook, Punsit Creek, Queechy Lake Brook, Roeliff Jansen Kill, Scribner Brook, Shekomeko Creek, Snydam Creek, South Branch Wyomanock Creek, Stockport Creek, Stony Kill, Stuyvesant Brook, Taghkanic Creek, Valatie Kill, Westover Brook, Widows Creek, Wyomanock Creek

  Summits     show all on map

Ashley Hill, Bald Mountain, Becraft Hills, Beebe Hill, Bloody Hill, Blue Hill, Bristol Hill, Center Hill, Church Hill, Cross Hill, Deane Hill, Fog Hill, Fox Hill, Gale Hill, Green Hill, Harvey Mountain, Kijk-Uit Mountain, Little Roundtop, Lyon Mountain, Mercer Mountain, Mount Ida, Mount Merino, Mount Tom, Old Croken, Parade Hill, Pine Hill, Pinnacle Point, Pond Hill, Prospect Hill, Pumpkin Hollow, Rattlesnake Den, Rheinstrom Hill, Round Ball Mountain, Roundtop, Scutt Hill, Shepard Hill, Signal Rock, Smith Hill, Snake Hill, Sugarloaf Hill, Sunset Rock, Texas Hill, The Hill, The Knob, The Knobit, Tiffany Hill, Tom Hill, Tonys Nose, Washburn Mountain, West Hill, White Hill

  Swamps     show all on map

Drowned Lands Swamp, Neiber Swamp, Pumpkin Hollow Swamp, Shad Swamp, Shaker Swamp, South Bay, Texas Swamp

  Towers     show all on map

WCKL-AM (Catskill), WHUC-AM (Hudson), WQKZ-FM (Catskill), WRVW-FM (Hudson)

  Valleys     show all on map

Knapp Hollow, Preechey Hollow, Shepard Hollow,

Columbia County, New York Population By Race (2012 estimate)

RacePopulation
WhiteColumbia County White population 56,92456,923  
BlackColumbia County Black population 2,9992,999
MixedColumbia County Mixed population 1,2501,249
AsianColumbia County Asian population 1,1251,124
American IndianColumbia County American Indian population 125124
Hawaiian & Pacific IslanderColumbia County Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population 6262

Additional population tables :
State population table
New York population by county