File:Rensselaer_New_York_Compilation.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- Region
- Capital District
- County
- Rensselaer
- Type
- Mayor-council
- Body
- Common Council President: Eric Endres ( D ) W1: Timothy Kitterman ( D ) W2: Stacy Hover ( D ) W3: Sara Beth Bollman ( R ) W4: Andrew Kretzschmar ( R ) W5: Diane Dwyer ( D ) W6: Anne Burton ( D )
- Mayor
- John DeFrancesco ( D )
- Total
- 3.51 sq mi (9.10 km )
- Land
- 3.18 sq mi (8.23 km )
- Water
- 0.34 sq mi (0.87 km )
- Elevation
- 16 ft (4.9 m)
- Lowest elevation
- 0 ft (0 m)
- Density
- 2,897.5/sq mi (1,118.75/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Area codes
- 518, 838
- Fips code
- 36-083-61148
- Gnis feature id
- 0962384
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Capital District
- Named after
- Kiliaen van Rensselaer
- Official name
- City of Rensselaer
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Rensselaer County
- Population
- 9210
- Area
- 9.077617
- Elevation
- 5
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Body of water
- Hudson River
- Shares border with
- Hudson River
- Official website
- www.rensselaerny.gov
- Image
- NY9JNorthernJunction.jpg
- Households
- 4363
- Dialing code
- 518
Show 7 more facts
- P8168
- Melissa Sue Anderson
- Commons category
- Rensselaer, New York
- postal code
- 12144
- inception
- 1630-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 9.5392
- per capita income
- 35621
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0
~19 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Rensselaer /rɛnsəˈlɪər/ is a city in Rensselaer County, New York, United States, and is located on the east side of the Hudson River, opposite Albany and on the western border of Rensselaer County. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 9,210.
The area now known as the City of Rensselaer was settled by the Dutch in the 17th century, who called it t'Greyn Bos, which became Greenbush in English. Rensselaer was an early center of the U.S. dye industry in the United States and home to the country's first aspirin factory. The city became a railroad hub in the 19th century; in 2020, Albany-Rensselaer was the ninth-busiest Amtrak station in the country and the second-busiest in New York State.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rensselaer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.