Schenectady County Facts
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Facts of Interest
- Population: 146,555
- Year Organized: 1809
- Area: 206 Square Miles
- County Seat: Schenectady
- Main Industry: Health Care and Social Services
- County Legislators: 15
- County Nursing Homes: 1
- Colleges and Universities: 4
- School Districts: 6
- Communities: 18
- 271 Uniformed Police Officers
- Named from a Mohawk Indian word meaning “on the other side of the pine lands.”
- Birthplace of the General Electric Company (G.E.).
- Home of the Empire State Aerosciences Museum.
- Home of the Schenectady Stockade Area.
- National Historic Landmark.
- Home of Proctor’s Theater.