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New York State History and Facts

Everything New York
By New York History Net

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NY Agriculture: apples, berries, livestock, maple products, milk and dairy products, nursery products, vegetables, wine

NY Archives: Repositories in NYS

NY Bird: Blue-bird

NY Books: Books about New York

NY Bordering States: Connecticut Massachusetts New Jersey Pennsylvania Rhode Island (water border) Vermont

NY Businesses: chemical products, commercial and financial transactions, electric equipment, foreign trade, publishing, machinery, manufacturing, scientific instruments, theater, tourism - Business Council of New York State

NY Capital: City of Albany, capital of New York State since 1797, Mayor Gerald Jennings

NY Capitol Building: Tours are available seven days a week.

NY Cemeteries: interment.net

NY Census: U.S. Census Bureau 2000 statistics

NY Cities: to name a few Albany, Buffalo, New York, Rochester, Schenectady , Syracuse, Troy, Yonkers

NY Colleges, Community Colleges, Universities, and Education

NY Counties:

62 counties - Albany, Allegany, Bronx, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Kings, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Nassau, New York, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond, Rockland, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westchester, Wyoming, Yates
how did the counties get their names?
where are they? see the county map

NY Courts/Judicial: New York State Unified Court System, courts timeline

NY Encyclopedia: The Encyclopedia of New York State

NY Famous People: Famous New Yorkers (list at 50states.com)

NY Fast Facts: I Love NY Facts, 50states.com Facts List

NY Flag: description by the NYS Library

NY Flower: Rose, description by NYS Library

NY Genealogy: Cyndi's List, NYGenWeb

NY Government (state):

NY Governor: 2003 George E. Pataki (Republican), Past NYS Governors

NY Gross State Product - $799.2 billion in the year 2000

NY Highest Point: Mount Marcy (5,344 feet)

NY Historians: NY Historians, New York State Museum History Research Staff

NY Historical Markers

NY Historical Organizations: Historical Societies in New York

NY History: New York History Net, Civil War, Kids NYS History (before 1900), Kids NYS History (after 1900)

NY Jobs: The number of jobs in New York as of July 2003 was 9,536,000. To find jobs in NYS, see these job web sites - Times Union, Cultural Jobs, NYTimes

NY Laws: see the NYS Assembly web site

NY Libraries: Libraries in the state of New York

NY License Plates: New York State plates (past and present)

NY's Lowest Point: at sea level, Atlantic

NY Maps: County map of NYS, I Love NY road maps, Historical Maps

NY Military: New York Guard

NY Motto: Excelsior or Ever Upward

NY Museums: Museums

NY Newspapers: 50states.com list of papers, New York State Newspaper Project

NY Nickname: The Empire State

NY Parks

NY Police: NYS State Police

NY Population: The state resident population count as of 4/1/2000 was 18,976,457 people. See the 1900-1990 census data for population of New York State.

NY Presidents: U.S. Presidents from New York

NY Public Records: categories from 50states.com

NY Representatives (federal government):