On 3/26/03 (4:14:42 PM MST), Linda ([log in to unmask]) asked, "Does anyone know how I could obtain a list of the counties which existed in NY in 1824?" There are currently 62 counties in New York State. Five of these counties are the vestigial counties that make up New York City, leaving 57 real counties. In addition, there were 4 counties that used to be in New York State and are now part of Massachusetts and Vermont. Thus, New York State had 66 counties (5 + 57 + 4 = 66) between November 1, 1683 when the first 12 counties were organized and today. .........The Genealogy of the Counties of New York State: Any errors in the spelling of the counties of New York or mistyping of the years they were established are solely mine and I would appreciate any corrections to be eMailed to me. .........Counties of New York with Year Established ......................................................................Year Name....................Taken From....................Established Albany...................Original..............................1683 Allegany.................Genesee............................1806 Bronx.....................New York-1........................1914 Broome..................Tioga.................................1806 Cattaraugus............Genesee............................1808 Cayuga...................Onondaga..........................1799 Chautauqua............Genesee............................1808 Chemung................Tioga.................................1836 Chenango...............Tioga; Herkimer..................1798 Clinton....................Washington.......................1788 Columbia................Albany...............................1786 Cornwall-2..............Original..............................1683 Cortland.................Onondaga..........................1808 Cumberland-3.........Albany...............................1766 Delaware...............Ulster; Otsego.....................1797 Dukes-4................Original...............................1683 Dutchess..............Original...............................1683 Erie......................Niagara...............................1821 Essex..................Clinton.................................1799 Franklin................Clinton.................................1808 Fulton...................Montgomery.........................1838 Genesee...............Ontario................................1802 Gloucester-5..........Albany................................1770 Greene..................Albany; Ulster......................1800 Hamilton................Montgomery........................1816 Herkimer................Montgomery........................1791 Jefferson................Oneida................................1805 Kings....................Original................................1683 Lewis....................Oneida.................................1805 Livingston..............Genesee; Ontario..................1821 Madison................Chenango.............................1806 Monroe..................Genesee; Ontario..................1821 Montgomery-6........Albany.................................1772 Nassau.................Queens.................................1899 New York..............Original.................................1683 Niagara.................Genesee...............................1808 Oneida..................Herkimer...............................1798 Onondaga.............Herkimer................................1794 Ontario.................Montgomery...........................1789 Orange.................Original..................................1683 Orleans................Genesee................................1824 Oswego...............Oneida; Onondaga...................1816 Otsego.................Montgomery............................1791 Putnam................Dutchess................................1812 Queens................Original...................................1683 Rensselaer...........Albany....................................1791 Richmond.............Original...................................1683 Rockland..............Orange...................................1798 St. Lawrence-7......Clinton....................................1802 Saratoga...............Albany....................................1791 Schenectady.........Albany....................................1809 Schoharie..............Albany;Otsego........................1795 Schuyler................Chemung; Steuben; Tompkins....1854 Seneca..................Cayuga..................................1804 Steuben.................Ontario..................................1796 Suffolk...................Original..................................1683 Sullivan..................Ulster....................................1809 Tioga.....................Montgomery...........................1791 Tompkins...............Cayuga; Seneca.....................1817 Ulster.....................Original.................................1683 Warren...................Washington...........................1813 Washington-8..........Albany..................................1772 Wayne....................Ontario; Seneca.....................1823 Westchester............Original.................................1683 Wyoming................Genesee................................1841 Yates.....................Ontario...................................1823 1. Portions of Westchester County were annexed by New York County in 1873 and 1895. 2. Transferred to Massachusetts on October 7, 1691. 3. Transferred to Vermont in 1790. 4. Transferred to Massachusetts on October 7, 1691. 5. Transferred to Vermont in 1790. 6. As Tryon; changed April 2, 1784. 7. Parts of Montgomery, Herkimer and Oneida, provisionally annexed. 8. As Charlotte; changed April 2, 1784. Also, parts transferred to Vermont in 1790. Source: Local Government Handbook, Division of Local Government Services, NYS Department of State, 4th Edition, 1987.