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Place Name
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Albany County
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Pronunciation
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AWL-buh-nee
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Albany
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Population
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292,594 (1990)
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Location
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New York, United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°36'N
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Longitude
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73°58'W
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Albany
(AWL-buh-nee), county (
531 sq mi/1,375 sq km; 1990 pop.
292,594), E N.Y.;  Albany; 42°36'N 73°58'W. Bounded on E by
the Hudson and partly on N by Mohawk R. and the N.Y. State Barge Canal.
Includes the Helderbergs and part of the Catskills (resorts). Dairying,
farming (hay, vegetables, horticultural crops); cattle and calves, lamb
and sheep raising. Extensive mfg. at Albany, Watervliet, Cohoes (ranks
3rd in the state in numbers employed in mfg). Formed 1683; named in
honor of James Stuart, Duke of York and Albany.
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