Toponymies of places in New York's Capital District

The toponymies of places in New York's Capital District are a varied lot, from non-English languages such as Native American, Dutch, and German to places named for famous people or families, of either local or national fame.

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Place Name
 County Toponymy Language of origin Year
 Notes or previous names
Albany Albany Duke of Albany[1][Note 1] English 1636 Fort Orange, Fuyck, Beverwyck, Williamstadt
Altamont Albany High mountain[4] 1887 Knowersville
Amsterdam
(city and town)		 Montgomery Amsterdam, Netherlands Dutch
Ancram Columbia town in Scotland where the Livingston family originated[5] Scottish 1814 Livingston Forge, Scotchtown, Gallatin
Argyle
(town and village)		 Washington Argyllshire, Scotland where early settlers were from Scottish
Austerlitz Columbia Battle of Austerlitz German 1818
Ballston Saratoga Eliphalet Ball a surname Ball's Town, Ballton
Bethlehem Albany in honor of the religious in the community English
Bleecker Fulton Barent Bleecker, early settler surname of possible Dutch origin
Brunswick Rensselaer possibly for Brunswick-Lüneburg, Germany German 1807
Boght Albany bend of river Dutch Groesbeck's Corners
Cario Greene 1808
Canaan Columbia Canaan, Connecticut 1788 Kings District
Canajoharie (town and [[Canajoharie (village), New York|village) Montgomery Canajoharie, a town, translated as "a washed kettle" Iroquoian languages
Coeymans Albany Barent Pieterse Coeymans surname of possible Dutch origin
Pittstown Rensselaer William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham[6] English 1761 George III named the town in honor of the leading statesman—and Prime Minister—of the time

Notes

  1. ^ James Stuart (1633–1701), brother and successor of Charles II, was both the Duke of York and Duke of Albany before being crowned James II of England and James VII of Scotland in 1685. His title of Duke of York is the source of the name of the province of New York.[1] Duke of Albany was a Scottish title given since 1398, generally to a younger son of the King of Scots.[2] The name is ultimately derived from Alba, the Gaelic name for Scotland.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Brodhead 1874, p. 744
  2. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (Albany, Dukes of). Encyclopædia Britannica Company; 1910. OCLC 197297659. p. 487.
  3. ^ Leslie 1888, p. 354
  4. ^ Grade 7, Altamont Grade School (1946). "History of Altamont". Village of Altamont. http://www.altamontvillage.org/Pages/AltamontNY_museum/ahs. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 
  5. ^ Masters, Hillary. "Town of Ancram, NY History". Town of Ancram. http://townofancram.org/history/. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 
  6. ^ Weise 1880, p. 90

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