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Schoharie County
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county in New York, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- Seat
- Schoharie
- Largest village
- Cobleskill
- Total
- 626 sq mi (1,620 km )
- Land
- 622 sq mi (1,610 km )
- Water
- 4.5 sq mi (12 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 30,176
- Density
- 47.5/sq mi (18.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 21st
- Website
- www .schohariecounty-ny .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- New York
- Capital
- Schoharie
- Population
- 29714
- Area
- 1622
- Shares border with
- Otsego County
- Official website
- www.schohariecounty-ny.gov
- Image
- Schoharie County Courthouse Feb 09.jpg
- Households
- 12780
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- Commons category
- Schoharie County, New York
- topic's main category
- Category:Schoharie County, New York
- inception
- 1795-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Schoharie County, New York
- water as percent of area
- 0.7
- native label
- Schoharie County
- different from
- Schoharie
- per capita income
- 32352
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Schoharie County (/skoʊˈhɛəriː/ skoh-HAIR-ee) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,714, making it the state's fifth-least populous county. The county seat is Schoharie. "Schoharie" comes from a Mohawk word meaning "floating driftwood." Schoharie County is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area and thus the Capital District of New York. The county is part of the Mohawk Valley region of the state.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schoharie County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.