Cohoes

Also known as Cohoes, New York, Cohoes, NY

city in Albany County, New York, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: New York
County: Albany
Type: City Hall
Mayor: Bill Keeler ( D ) Common Council W1: Nicholas Izzo W2: Shawn Higgins W3: George Soloyna W4: William McCarthy W5: Adam Biggs (Council President) W6: April Trudeau
Total: 4.24 sq mi (10.97 km )
Land: 3.77 sq mi (9.77 km )
Water: 0.46 sq mi (1.20 km )
Elevation: 80 ft (24 m)
Highest elevation elizabeth court: 310 ft (94 m)
Lowest elevation hudson river: 10 ft (3.0 m)
Density: 4,810.1/sq mi (1,857.18/km )
Demonym: Cohoesier
Time zone: UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
Summer dst: UTC-4 ( EDT )
Fips code: 36-16749
Gnis feature id: 0947009
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Wikidata facts

Official name: Cohoes
Population: 18147
Area: 4.24
Elevation: 11
Official website: www.cohoes.com
Image: Cohoes, NY, skyline.jpg
Households: 7546
Dialing code: 518

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Commons category: Cohoes, New York
inception: 1913-00-00
per capita income: 29348
postal code: 12047

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Cohoes (/kəˈhoʊz/ kə-HOHZ) is an incorporated city located in the northeast corner of Albany County in the U.S. state of New York. It is called the "Spindle City" because of the importance of textile manufacturing to its growth in the 19th century. The city's factories processed cotton from the Deep South.

As of the 2020 census, the city population was 18,174. The name Cohoes is believed to be derived from a Mohawk term, Kahón:ios, referring to the Cohoes Falls and meaning "Place of the Falling Canoe," an interpretation noted by Horatio Gates Spafford in his 1823 publication "A Gazetteer of the State of New York". Later historians posited that the name is derived from the Algonquian Cohoes, a place name based on a word meaning 'pine tree'.