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Columbia County, New York

157 topographic sheets cover 103 settlements here, and 155 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

155 National Register listings published here, 6 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

New York within the United States
Columbia County within New York
Explore by year 1798 1886

What the record shows

  • 2,580 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 155 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 121 buildings, 27 districts, 3 structures, 2 sites and 2 objects.
  • 25 of the 155 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 103 populated places in this county; 103 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

155

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Ancram Hamlet Historic Districtdistrict2017100000477
Ancramdale Historic Districtdistrict2019100004668
Austerlitz Historic Districtdistrict2018100002507
Daniel and Clarissa Baldwin Housebuilding201212000366
Barringer-Overbaugh-Lasher Housebuilding201414000980
Bartlett Housebuilding201212000268
Bigelow-Finch-Fowler Farmdistrict2019100004553
Blinn-Pulver Farmhousebuilding200303000025
Bouweriebuilding198383003918
Thomas Brodhead Housebuilding198383003919
Dr. Oliver Bronson House and Estatebuilding200303001035
Dr. Oliver Bronson House and Stablesdistrict197373001173
Dr. Oliver Bronson House and Stablesdistrict197373001173
Burroughs-Foland Farmbuilding201414000205
Calvert Vaux's Hoyt Housebuilding197979001571
Church of Our Saviourbuilding199797000067
Church of St. John in the Wildernessbuilding199595000963
Church of St. John the Evangelistbuilding197272000827
Clarkson Chapelbuilding198383003920
Claverack Free Librarybuilding199897001624
Clermontbuilding197171000535
Clermont Academybuilding198383003931
Clermont Civic Historic Districtdistrict200303000604
Clermont Estates Historic Districtdistrict197979001572
Columbia Turnpike East Tollhousebuilding201616000411
Columbia Turnpike-West Tollhousebuilding200000001571
Coons Housebuilding198383003932
Charles H. Coons Farmdistrict201515000475
Copake Falls Methodist Episcopal Churchbuilding201212000405
Copake Grange Hallbuilding200101000291
Copake Iron Works Historic Districtdistrict200707000334
Copake Memorial Clocksite201211001089
Copake Railroad Depotbuilding2024100009779
Copake United Methodist Church and Copake Cemeterybuilding200707000624
Crandell Theatrebuilding2017100001623
Crow Hillbuilding199797000412
Dick Housebuilding200909000573
Donnelly Housebuilding200000000880
Dr. Joseph P. Dorr Housebuilding200707001123
Double-Span Whipple Bowstring Truss Bridgestructure198080002598
Dubois, Henry A., and Evanlina, Housebuilding200404001340
Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Harlemville and Cemeterybuilding200201001505
Cornelius H. Evans Housebuilding197474001226
Fairview Manorbuilding2023100009291
George Felpel Housebuilding199797000927
First Columbia County Courthousebuilding199897001623
First Presbyterian Churchbuilding197979001574
Forth Housebuilding201010000331
Front Street-Parade Hill-Lower Warren Street Historic Districtdistrict197070000420
Gallatin Reformed Church & Cemeterydistrict2021100006759
German Reformed Sanctity Church Parsonagebuilding197676001209
Elisha Gilbert Housebuilding198484002098
Glenco Mills Methodist Churchbuilding2019100004818
Harder Knitting Millbuilding2023100008575
Hickory Hillbuilding198383003934
Hillsdale Hamlet Historic Districtdistrict201009001283
Stephen Hogeboom Housebuilding199797000944
House at New Forgebuilding198787002143
Houses at 37-47 North Fifth St.district200303001142
Hudson Almshousebuilding200808000921
Hudson/Athens Lighthousestructure197979003796
Dr. Abram Jordan Housebuilding199999001135
Kinderhook Village Districtdistrict197474001227
Knollcroftbuilding198585002287
Lace Housebuilding198585000336
Lebanon Springs Union Free Schoolbuilding199191001727
Linlithgo Reformed Church of Livingstonbuilding200605001614
Livingston Memorial Church and Burial Groundbuilding198585002271
Henry W. Livingston Housebuilding197171000536
William Henry Ludlow Housebuilding199797000826
Ludlow-Van Rensselaer Housebuilding199797000945
Lynch Hotelbuilding200505000573
James Lynch Housebuilding200909000906
Mellenville Railroad Stationbuilding200000001120
Jacob P. Mesick Housebuilding199797000947
Harmon Miller Housebuilding199797000827
Stephen Miller Housebuilding199797000825
Montgomery Placebuilding197979001571
Muldor-Miller Housebuilding2022100008312
Cornelius S. Muller Housebuilding199797000823
New Concord Historic Districtdistrict201009001268
New Lebanon District No. 8 Schoolbuilding2021100006480
North Hillsdale Methodist Churchbuilding201010000811
Oak Hillbuilding197979001573
Olanabuilding196666000509
Old Parsonagebuilding198383003935
Peck Housebuilding199999000869
Persons of Color Cemetery at Kinderhooksite201616000107
Harriet Phillips Bungalowbuilding199797000946
Philmont Historic District (Additional Documentation)district2024100010025
Pine View Farmbuilding200202000614
Rev. Dr. Elbert S. Porter Housebuilding199797000949
Pratt Homesteadbuilding200909000907
William and Victoria Pulver Housebuilding200505000260
Red Rock Schoolhousebuilding2022100008311
Reformed Dutch Church of Claverackbuilding200101000673
Requa Housebuilding200202001325
Richmond Hillbuilding198888000917
Riders Mills Historic Districtdistrict200000000877
Robert Jenkins Housebuilding198585003363
Simeon Rockefeller Housebuilding200909000479
Rossman-Prospect Avenue Historic Districtdistrict198585003364
Rowe-Lant Farmbuilding201010000099
R. and W. Scott Ice Company Powerhouse and Ice House Sitedistrict198585000337
Shaker North Family Barnbuilding196666000511
Silvernail Homesteadbuilding201010000332
Simons General Storebuilding197373001171
Smith Octagon Housebuilding2025100011820
Sanford W. and Maude Smith Housebuilding2020100004999
Snyderville Schoolhousebuilding200404000754
South Bay Millbuilding2021100005701
Spencertown Academybuilding197373001174
Spencertown Historic Districtdistrict2018100002508
Spengler Bridgestructure197373001172
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Churchbuilding200201001437
St. John's Lutheran Churchbuilding200909000480
St. Luke's Churchbuilding198383003936
St. Peter's Presbyterian Church and Spencertown Cemeterybuilding200202000821
Steepletopbuilding197171000534
Stone Jugbuilding197878001847
Stephen Storm Housebuilding199897001616
Stuyvesant Falls Mill Districtdistrict197676001210
Stuyvesant Railroad Stationbuilding199999000055
Sweet-Sherman Homestead (Additional Documentation)district2022100007955
Taconic State Parkwaydistrict200505001398
Teviotdalebuilding197979003794
The Red Rock Monumentobject2025100012134
Gov. Samuel J. Tilden Monumentobject200606000573
Tracy Memorial Village Hall Complexbuilding201615000953
Tracy Memorial Village Hall Complexbuilding201615000953
Trinity Episcopal Churchbuilding199797000948
Turtle Housebuilding200101000309
US Post Office-Hudsonbuilding198888002508
Union Stationbuilding197474001225
Johannis L. Van Alen Farmbuilding197373001175
Luycas Van Alen Housebuilding196767000011
Peter Sander Van Alstyne Housebuilding2021100006760
Martin Van Buren National Historic Sitebuilding196666000510
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site (Boundary Increase)district201212000406
Jan Van Hoesen Housebuilding197979001570
William W. Van Ness Housebuilding199797000824
Van Rensselaer Lower Manor Housebuilding199897001615
Conyn Van Rensselaer Housebuilding200909000861
Van Rensselaer, Henry (Hendrick) I., Housebuilding199393000947
Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer House and Mill Complexbuilding198282003352
Van Salsbergen Housebuilding201010000915
Van Valkenburgh, James G. Housebuilding200202000358
Van Valkenburgh-Isbister Farmbuilding200606000268
Wilbor, The, Housebuilding199797000567
Wild's Mill Complexdistrict198282003353
Nathan Wild Housebuilding199191000612
Elisha Williams Housebuilding199999001483
John S. Williams House and Farmdistrict199696001424
Oliver Wiswall Housebuilding198080002599
William A. Witbeck Housebuilding199494001371

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

5

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view, 1886 - Chatham, N.Y. 1886
Bird's-eye view (1886) - Chatham, N.Y. 1886. Library of Congress.
Bird's-eye view, 1881 - Philmont, N.Y. : 1881
Bird's-eye view (1881) - Philmont, N.Y. : 1881. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1851 - Map of Columbia County, New York : from actual surveys
Land ownership map (1851) - Map of Columbia County, New York : from actual surveys. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1858 - Map of Columbia Co., New York : from actual surveys
Land ownership map (1858) - Map of Columbia Co., New York : from actual surveys. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1798 - A map of the towns of Livingston, Germantown, and Clermont in the County of Columbia : compiled from actual surveys in January 1798
Land ownership map (1798) - A map of the towns of Livingston, Germantown, and Clermont in the County of Columbia : compiled from actual surveys in January 1798. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

5 of 18 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 18 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Bash Bish Falls, Copake Falls, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Bash Bish Falls, Copake Falls, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Bath house, Taconic State Park, Copake Falls, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Bath house, Taconic State Park, Copake Falls, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Bash Bish Gorge, Copake Falls, N. Y., Boston Public Library - undated
Bash Bish Gorge, Copake Falls, N. Y.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Valatie, N.Y 1881, Boston Public Library - undated
Valatie, N.Y 1881. H.H. Rowley & Co, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Route of the Albany & West Stockbridge Rail Road, Boston Public Library - undated
Route of the Albany & West Stockbridge Rail Road. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

48 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 2,581 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1942-07-07, scale 1:16300
1942-07-07, scale 1:16300. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1942-07-07, scale 1:16300
1942-07-07, scale 1:16300. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1942-07-07, scale 1:16300
1942-07-07, scale 1:16300. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1942-07-07, scale 1:16300
1942-07-07, scale 1:16300. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-03-08, scale 1:17000
1949-03-08, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-03-08, scale 1:17000
1949-03-08, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-03-08, scale 1:17000
1949-03-08, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-03-08, scale 1:17000
1949-03-08, scale 1:17000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-04-25, scale 1:24000
1956-04-25, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-04-25, scale 1:24000
1956-04-25, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-04-25, scale 1:24000
1956-04-25, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-04-25, scale 1:24000
1956-04-25, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-05-10, scale 1:24000
1958-05-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-05-10, scale 1:24000
1958-05-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-05-11, scale 1:24000
1971-05-11, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-05-11, scale 1:24000
1971-05-11, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1941-09-29, scale 1:28800
1941-09-29, scale 1:28800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1941-09-29, scale 1:28800
1941-09-29, scale 1:28800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1941-10-20, scale 1:28800
1941-10-20, scale 1:28800. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1944-02-08, scale 1:13600
1944-02-08, scale 1:13600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1944-02-08, scale 1:13600
1944-02-08, scale 1:13600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1944-02-08, scale 1:13600
1944-02-08, scale 1:13600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1944-02-08, scale 1:13600
1944-02-08, scale 1:13600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-16, scale 1:24000
1952-04-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-16, scale 1:24000
1952-04-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-16, scale 1:24000
1952-04-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-16, scale 1:24000
1952-04-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-05-10, scale 1:24000
1958-05-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-05-10, scale 1:24000
1958-05-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-05-06, scale 1:26700
1959-05-06, scale 1:26700. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-05-06, scale 1:26700
1959-05-06, scale 1:26700. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-05-06, scale 1:26700
1959-05-06, scale 1:26700. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-05-06, scale 1:26700
1959-05-06, scale 1:26700. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-01, scale 1:60000
1960-05-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-01, scale 1:60000
1960-05-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-01, scale 1:60000
1960-05-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-01, scale 1:60000
1960-05-01, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-05-11, scale 1:24000
1971-05-11, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-05-11, scale 1:24000
1971-05-11, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-06-16, scale 1:19922
1973-06-16, scale 1:19922. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-06-16, scale 1:19873
1973-06-16, scale 1:19873. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-06-16, scale 1:19873
1973-06-16, scale 1:19873. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-06-16, scale 1:19792
1973-06-16, scale 1:19792. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-21, scale 1:76000
1974-04-21, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-04-21, scale 1:76000
1974-04-21, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-10-28, scale 1:78000
1975-10-28, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-10-28, scale 1:78000
1975-10-28, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-10-28, scale 1:78000
1975-10-28, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

24 stations, 4 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

63 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 11-1Ancram tom
  • 11-2Austerlitz town
  • 11-3Canaan town: Canaan town - That part north of New York Central Railroad (Boston & Albany Railroad), excluding Berkshire Industrial Farm
  • 11-4Berkshire Industrial Farm (In Canaan town)
  • 11-5Canaan town - That part south of New York Central Railroad (Boston & Albany Railroad)
  • 11-6Chatham village, comprising parts of Chatham and Ghent towns: Chatham village - That part in Chatham town Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; Town line; Village limits
  • 11-7Chatham village - That part in Ghent town Bounded by Town line; Village limits; Spencertown Rd., Church; Village limits
  • 11-8Chatham village - That part in Ghent town Bounded by Church, Spencertown Rd.; Village limits; Village limits; Village limits
  • 11-9Chatham town, outside Chatham village: Chatham town - That part east of State Highway 66, outside Chatham village
  • 11-10AN/A
  • 11-10BN/A
  • 11-11Claverack town: Philmont village: Philmont village - That part north of Main
  • 11-12Claverack town: Philmont village - That part south of Main
  • 11-13Claverack town - That part north of State Highway 23 and east of State Highway 217, outside Philmont village
  • 11-14Claverack town - That part north of State Highway 23 and west of State Highway 217, outside Philmont village
  • 11-15Claverack town - That part south of State Highway 23
  • 11-16Clermont town: Clermont town, excluding Motherhouse and Novitiate of Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm - St. Teresa of Avila
  • 11-17Motherhouse and Novitiate of Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm - St. Teresa of Avila (In Clermont town)
  • 11-18Copake town: Copake town - That part east of Roeliff Jansen Kill
  • 11-19Copake town - That part west of Roeliff Jansen Kill
  • 11-20Gallatin town
  • 11-21Germantown town: Germantown town - That part Bounded by Town line; Town line; County Highway 3, County Highway 36, County Highway 27
  • 11-22Germantown town - That part Bounded by Town line; County Highway 27, County Highway 36, County Highway 3; Town line; Town line
  • 11-23Ghent town, outside Chatham village: Ghent town - That part east of State Highway 66, outside Chatham village
  • 11-24Ghent town - That part west of State Highway 66, outside Chatham village and excluding Columbia County Almshouse
  • 11-25Columbia County Almshouse (In Ghent town) (Remainder of Ghent town is in Chatham village)
  • 11-26Greenport town: Greenport Center, unincorporated (See boundaries shown on aerial photo GS-AE 4216)
  • 11-27Greenport town - That part north of Greenport Center, unincorporated and Hudson city, outside Greenport Center, unincorporated and Hudson city (See aerial photo GS-AE 4216 for boundaries of Greenport Center)
  • 11-28Greenport town - That part south of Hudson city and State Highway 23 and east of U.S. Highway 9, outside Hudson city
  • 11-29Greenport town - That part south of Hudson city and west of U.S. Highway 9, outside Hudson city
  • 11-30Hillsdale town
  • 11-31Hudson city: Hudson city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Cross, S. 2nd, Warren; S. 3rd; City limits; New York Central Railroad, Broad, S. Front
  • 11-32Hudson city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Warren; S. 2nd; Cross; S. Front
  • 11-33Hudson city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Ward line, W. Warren; S. Front, Broad, New York Central Railroad; City limits; Hudson River
  • 11-34Hudson city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; Ward line, N. 3rd; State; N. 2nd, Road to Brickyard
  • 11-35Hudson city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by State; N. 3rd; Warren; N. 2nd
  • 11-36Hudson city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by State; N. 2nd; Warren; N. Front
  • 11-37Hudson city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; Road to Brickyard, N. 2nd; State, N. Front, W. Warren, Ward line; Hudson River
  • 11-38Hudson city - That part of Ward 3, excluding New York State Training School for Girls Bounded by Boston & Albany Railroad, Ward line, Columbia, Columbia Turnpike, City limits; City limits; City limits; S. 3rd
  • 11-39New York State Training School for Girls (In Hudson city, Ward 3)
  • 11-40Hudson city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Warren; Boston & Albany Railroad; E. Court, Partition, S. 5th
  • 11-41Hudson city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Warren; S. 5th, Partition, E. Court; Boston & Albany Railroad; S. 3rd
  • 11-42Hudson city - That part of Ward 4, excluding Volunteer Fireman's Home of the State of New York Bounded by City limits; Ward line, N. 5th; State; N. 3rd, Ward line
  • 11-43Volunteer Fireman's Home of the State of New York (In Hudson city, Ward 4)
  • 11-44Hudson city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by State; N. 5th; Warren; N. 3rd
  • 11-45Hudson city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by City limits; Glenwood Blvd., N. 6th; Clinton; Ward line
  • 11-46Hudson city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Clinton; N. 6th; State; N. 5th
  • 11-47Hudson city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by State; Columbia, Ward line; Warren; N. 5th
  • 11-48Hudson city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Glenwood Blvd.; City limits; Storm Ave., Fairview Ave., Green, State; N. 6th
  • 11-49Hudson city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Green, Fairview Ave., Storm Ave.; City limits; Columbia Turnpike, Columbia, State
  • 11-50Kinderhook town: Kinderhook village
  • 11-51Kinderhook town: Valatie village: Valatie village - That part north of Main
  • 11-52Kinderhook town: Valatie village - That part south of Main
  • 11-53Kinderhook town - That part outside Kinderhook and Valatie villages and excluding St. Joseph of the Holy Cross Juniorate
  • 11-54St. Joseph of the Holy Cross Juniorate (In Kinderhook town)
  • 11-55Livingston town: Livingston town - That part east of U.S. Highway 9
  • 11-56Livingston town - That part west of U.S. Highway 9
  • 11-57New Lebanon town
  • 11-58Stockport town: Stottville, unincorporated Bounded by Due east line from Junction of U.S. Highway 9 and State Highway 29 to Claverack Creek; Claverack Creek, due east line from Claverack Creek to junction of two Unnamed rds., Unnamed rd., Town line; Town line; U.S. Highway 9
  • 11-59Stockport town - That part outside Stottville, unincorporated (See separate map for boundaries of Stottville)
  • 11-60Stuyvesant town: Stuyvesant, unincorporated Bounded by Mill Creek; State Highway 9J, Unnamed rd., Unnamed rd.; Unnamed rd., Unnamed rd. extended (west from intersection of Unnamed rd. and State Highway 9J to County line; County line (Hudson River)
  • 11-61Stuyvesant town - That part outside Stuyvesant, unincorporated, including parts of Houghtaling and Lower Schodack Islands (See separate map for boundaries of Stuyvesant, unincorporated)
  • 11-62Taghkanic town

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,066 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,066 of them, burning about 1,495 acres. 112 started naturally and 116 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined471
Debris and open burning198
Arson/incendiarism116
Natural112
Equipment and vehicle use56
Smoking56
Power generation/transmission/distribution20
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Recreation and ceremony13
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Other causes2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 March 1992Arson/incendiarism50 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
21 April 2004Railroad operations and maintenance50 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
17 April 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined42 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
8 April 2000Debris and open burning30 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
8 April 1999Debris and open burning26 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named
4 May 2007Smoking23 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 April 2013Equipment and vehicle use21 acresNew York Forest RangersCLAVERACK FIRE
31 March 1998Debris and open burning21 acresNew York Forest Rangersnot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1959 to 2025

60 of 826 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 826 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 14 injuries and about $22,600,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind587
Hail102
Flash Flood64
Flood29
Lightning23
Tornado14
Heavy Rain5
Strong Wind1
Funnel Cloud1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013LightningWest Taghkanic1 killedA 26 year old man was struck by lightning on a beach at Lake Taghkanic State Park in Gallatin. The man was standing under a tree that was struck by lightning and the lightning traveled through this body. He went into cardiac arrest, but was resuscitated at the park by emergency personnel. He was then brought to a hospital in Hudson and transferred to Albany Medical Center where he later died.
May 1995Tornado (F2)Hudson to5 hurt, $10,000,000no account filed
September 1975Tornado (F1)not stated2 hurt, $25,000no account filed
October 1990Thunderstorm Windnot stated2 hurtno account filed
July 2003Tornado (F2)Kinderhook1 hurt, $200,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindClaverack1 hurtA tree was down on an occupied vehicle. There was one minor injury.
July 2004LightningAncramdale1 hurt20 year old man struck by lightning. Hospital EKG confirmed the victim was struck with nearly 15,000 volts.
October 1990Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 hurtno account filed
July 1988Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 hurtno account filed
July 2009Flash FloodStuyvesant$4,500,000Training thunderstorms produced excessive rainfall, and major flash flooding across northern and central portions of Columbia County during Wednesday afternoon and night. The heavy rainfall also led to Kinderhook Creek overflowing its banks.||Numerous roadways were closed due to flooding, which included, but were not limited to, Route 28, Route 13 near Albany Turnpike, Route 295 near Schillings Crossing Road, Hennett Road, McCagg Road, Gun Road, and Novak Road in Chatham, Route 9H near Fischer Road, East Shore Drive, and State Route 203 near Chapel Drive in Kinderhook, State Route 20 near the Speedway in New Lebanon, and Route 9J in Stuyvesant. Novak Road in Kinderhook and Reed Road in Ghent were reportedly washed out.||Numerous campers were stranded in water and mud within the parking area and adjacent camping area at Lebanon Valley Speedway in New Lebanon.||In addition, in Red Rock, County Route 5 at County Route 24 was closed due to a mudslide, and in Hollowville, County Route 16 was also closed due to a mudslide.||The severe flooding also led to the declaration of a state of emergency for the towns of Stuyvesant, Kinderhook, and New Lebanon.||Preliminary damage estimates in Columbia County from the flash flooding were in excess of $4 million.
April 2007FloodKinderhook$2,000,000Heavy rain led to widespread flooding of small streams and creeks across the county, including Kinderhook Creek, and Claverack Creek, beginning Sunday evening on the 15th, and persisted through Tuesday evening on the 17th. This led to numerous road closures throughout the county, including New York State Route 66 between Bridge Street in Greenport, and the Fish and Game Road in Claverack. The most widespread flooding occurred mainly south of Route 23. In addition, numerous basements were reported retaining water near Stockport along Sotckport Creek.|Furthermore, a bridge at the intersection of County Road 16 and 23 collapsed in Hollowville due to high water along Claverack Creek around 2015 EST on the 15th.|The Town of Greenport wastewater treatment plant also sustained severe damage from the flooding of Claverack Creek.
July 2000Flash FloodCountywide$1,500,000no account filed
September 1999Flash FloodCountywide$600,000no account filed
July 1997Tornado (F2)Canaan$550,000no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindGermantown$300,000Severe thunderstorms moved across central and eastern New York during the late morning and early afternoon of the 4th ahead of a powerful cold front. At Norrie State Park in Staatsburg 75 to 100 trees were blown down. Central Hudson Electric and Gas Company reported over 16,000 customers without power during the height of the storms. Other areas hit hard by the storms were Livingston and Germantown in Columbia County where numerous trees were toppled some of which fell on homes.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindLivingston$300,000Severe thunderstorms moved across central and eastern New York during the late morning and early afternoon of the 4th ahead of a powerful cold front. At Norrie State Park in Staatsburg 75 to 100 trees were blown down. Central Hudson Electric and Gas Company reported over 16,000 customers without power during the height of the storms. Other areas hit hard by the storms were Livingston and Germantown in Columbia County where numerous trees were toppled some of which fell on homes.
August 2004Flash FloodCanaan$280,000Torrential rain caused flashed flooding in Canaan during the evening hours of August 30th, resulting in an estimated $280,000 in damage due to washed out roads and trees falling onto roads. Majority of damage was West of County Route 5, as well as portions of State Route 295. Flooding was also reported in the town of New Lebanon, where County Route 9 was closed north of Route 20.
June 1996Flash FloodLake Taghkanic$200,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindLivingston$175,000no account filed
July 2003Tornado (F1)Niverville$150,000no account filed
July 1997Tornado (F1)Canaan$150,000no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindClermont$100,000no account filed
December 2000Flash FloodCountywide$100,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$100,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindGallatin$95,000no account filed
June 2000Flash FloodCountywide$75,000no account filed
July 1997Tornado (F1)Copake Falls$60,000no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindClaverack$55,000A weak trough rippling through a very unstable air mass, touched off a round of thunderstorms in the Mid Hudson Valley on the afternoon of June 30. One of the storms became severe in Columbia County. Thunderstorm winds brought telephone poles, wires and large tree limbs down.
May 1998Flash FloodNorthwest Portion$50,000During the late evening hours and early morning hours of May 6 and 7, thunderstorms with torrential rain produced flash flooding across the northwest portion of Columbia County. A mud slide covered the Conrail tracks at Stuyvesant. Roads were also flooded in Stockport, Stuyvesant, West Ghent and Greenport. In the Town of Stuyvesant, State Highway 9J, Land Road, Hollow and Allendale Roads and County Highway 46 were flooded. Mud slides also covered portions of State Highway 9J. Other flooded roads included, State Highway 66 in West Ghent and County Highway 25 in Stockport. Numerous basements in this portion of the county were also flooded.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCountywide$50,000no account filed
August 2008Flash FloodChatham$45,000Several roads were closed in various portions of Columbia County due to flash flooding from very heavy rainfall.||In Hillsdale, Rodman, Wolf Hill, and Pumpkin Roads were closed due to significant flooding. A high volume of water, seven feet deep and backed up over a 20 acre swamp, was believed to have burst from a beaver dam, sending a cascade of water down Wolf Hill Road.||In addition, School Street in Chatham was also closed due to flooding.
August 2000LightningNiverville$40,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindAusterlitz$25,000no account filed
July 1978Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
August 1973Tornado (F4)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindLebanon Spgs$24,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindLivingston$24,000no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindGallatin$22,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPhilmont$21,000no account filed
December 2023FloodHudson$20,000Flooding of basements and businesses were reported in Hudson.
August 2003Flash FloodGhent$20,000no account filed
July 2003Tornado (F0)Kinderhook$20,000no account filed
June 2001HailStockport$20,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindLivingston$20,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindNiverville$20,000no account filed
July 1996Flash FloodTown Of Claverack$20,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindKinderhook$20,000no account filed
June 2000Flash FloodWest Lebanon$18,000no account filed
August 2008LightningBlue Stores$15,000Lightning struck a tree on Route 9 near Blue Stores at approximately 0200 LST. The tree exploded, sending debris through portions of one home, and over 200 feet onto the lawn of a neighbor.||The debris smashed the windows and windshield of one vehicle, damaged another vehicle, broke the window of a home, and also smashed an outdoor picnic table.
March 2001Flash FloodClaverack$15,000Heavy rains and snowmelt produced a rapid run off of water into the Clavercak Creek in Coumbia county. As a result, the creek overflowed its banks and flooded portions of Webb Road.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHillsdale$15,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindEast Taghkanic$15,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindValatie$15,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindChatham$15,000no account filed
August 1996LightningMellenville$15,000no account filed
July 1996Strong WindCountywide$15,000no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindClaverack$12,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindKinderhook$11,000no account filed
May 2001HailStockport$11,000no account filed
March 2008FloodAncramdale$10,000Heavy rainfall led to flooding across portions of Columbia county, which led to several road closures. Some of the roads that were closed included State Route 82 in Ancramdale, State Route 295 in Canaan, and Routes 22 and 23 in Hillsdale.

Mines and quarries

69 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 69 workings inside this county. 20 still produce and 49 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Iron33
Manganese13
Sulfur12
Sand and Gravel, Construction7
Limestone, General5
Stone, Crushed/Broken4
Zinc3
Lead3
Manganese, Iron2
Lead, Silver2
Clay2
Silver, Zinc2
Iron, Manganese1
Zinc, Copper1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ancram Lead MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, MolybdenumProducerReplacement Vein
Ancram Lead MinesSilver, Copper, Lead, MolybdenumPast Producer
Ancram Pb MineLead, SilverPast ProducerVein
Copake Limonite MineIron, Zinc, ManganesePast Producer
Reynolds Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerGoethite, Limonite
Weed Limonite MineIron, Manganese, ZincPast Producer
Canaan Lead Silver MinesLead, Silver, ZincProducerReplacement Vein
Canaan Lead Silver MinesLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Canaan Pb-Ag MinesLead, Silver, ZincPast ProducerVein
Gott-Mesick Bog Mn OccurrenceManganese, IronProducer
Stuyvesant Clay PitClayProducer
Stuyvesant Clay PitClayPast Producer
Weed Limonite MineManganese, Iron, ZincPast ProducerGoethite, Limonite
Copake Limonite MineIron, Manganese, ZincPast ProducerGoethite, Limonite
Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone QuStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Colarusso Quarry CorporationStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hudson Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hudson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brick Tavern-Mount Ida Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Colarusso QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Hudson Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hudson QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Lebanon Springs Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Elizaville Gravel Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
F.H. Stickles & Son S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
F.H. Stickles & Son S & G Pit & MilSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Fabiano PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kearny PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Philmont PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Philmont Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Burden No. 2 Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Burden No. 2 Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Burden No. 3 Iron Carbonate MineIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Burden No. 3 Iron Carbonate MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Cedar Hill Iron Carbonate MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Cedar Hill Iron Carbonate OpeningsIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Livington's Iron Carbonate MineIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Livington's Iron Carbonate MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Mount Tom Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Mt. Tom Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Plass Hill Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurProducerCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Plass Hill Carbonate Iron MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
David Parson's Bog Mn OccurrenceManganeseOccurrence
David Parson's Bog Mn OccurrenceManganesePast Producer
Fox Hill Bog Mn OccurrenceManganeseOccurrence
Fox Hill Bog Mn OccurrenceManganeseProspect
Goodsell Bog Mn OccurrenceManganeseProducer
Goodsell Bog Mn OccurrenceManganesePast Producer
Gott-Mesick Bog Mn OccurrenceManganesePast ProducerResidual
Gott-Mesick Bog Mn OccurrenceManganese, IronPast Producer
Haight Mine/Goodsell Bog Mn OccurrenceIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Palmer Bog Mn OccurrenceManganeseOccurrence
Palmer Bog Mn OccurrenceManganesePast Producer
Reynolds Limonite MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Copake MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Haight Limonite MineIronPast Producer
Haight Limonte MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Hillsdale Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Hillsdale Limonite MineIronPast Producer
Hillsdale MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Mitchell Limonite MineIronPast ProducerLimonite
Mitchell Limonite MineIronPast Producer
Mitchell MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Mt. Tom Mine/Burden2/Burden3/Livington/Cedar Hill MinesIronPast ProducerLimonite, Siderite
Plass HillIronPast ProducerResidual
Reynolds MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Unnamed Probable Limonite Mine Number Gl 11IronPast ProducerGoethite, Limonite
Unnamed ProspectIronPast Producer
Weed MineIronPast ProducerResidual

Every populated place in the county

103

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.