Delaware County, NY Genealogy and History Site

For those of you not familiar with the local government structure in New York, dealing with Towns, Cities and Villages can be confusing. Basically, a village is an incorporated part of a Town. Residents of a village are also subject to taxes of the town. Cities are incorporated areas that are not part of any town. Adding to the confusion are many place names that are not local governments, such as New Kingston, and Arena . We generally refer to those as hamlets.

Ray LaFever, April 4, 2000
10 Fox Hollow Square
Cohoes, NY 12047