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New York is the most northern of the middle states, and the most populousstate in the Union. It is bounded N. by lake Ontario , the St. Lawrence andLower Canada; E. by Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut ; S. by theAtlantic, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; W. by Pennsylvania, Lake Erie , andthe Niagara. Between 30° 45' and 45° N. latitude; and 2° 51' W. and 5’E. longitude from Washington. Length, 316 miles. Breadth, 304. Con-taining 47,000 square miles. Population to a square mile, 40.
TABLE OF THE COUNTIES AND COUNTY TOWNS.
South District.
Counties.
Pop. 1820.
Pop. 1830.
County Towns.
Pop.
Distancefr. Albany
Columbia
€
38,330
39,952
Hudson
5,395
29
Duchess
se
46,615
50,926
Poughkeepsie
7,222
75
Greene
em
22,996
29,525
Catskill
4,861
34
King’s
s
11,187
20,537
Flatbush
1,143
156
s
123,706
203,007
203,007
151
Orange
s
41,213
45,372
{ Goshen) Newburgh
3,361
6,424
105
96
[Putnam
se
11,268
12,701
Carmel
2,379
106
! Queen’s
s
21,519
22,276
N. Hempstead
174
'Richmond
s
6,135
7,084
Richmond
167
Rockland
s
8,837
9,388
Clarkstown
2,298
122
Suffolk
se
24,272
26,980
Suffolk C. H.
225
Sullivan
s
8,900
12,372
Monticello
113
sm
30,934 '
36,551
Kingston
4,170
58
Westchester
se
32,638 !
36,456
Bedford
2,750
135
14 Total S,
Dist.
428,550 |
537,041