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New York City Includes Five Boroughs (Counties.)

New York City is made up of five boroughs within five counties.


Borough of the Bronx (Bronx County)
Borough of Brooklyn (Kings County)
Borough of Manhattan (New York County)
Borough of Queens (Queens County)
Borough of Staten Island (Richmond County).

The largest borough (county) in area is Queens with 108 square miles.
Brooklyn (Kings county) is the largest in population with 2.3 million people as per the 1990 census.

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categories history, main post | Rich | datetime July 20, 2008 7:50 pm | comments Comments (0)

July 19, 2008 a Sad Day in New York City History

This is the day that the story broke in the New York Times that the venerable old New York Genealogical and Biographical Society (NYGBS) gave away their complete collection of manuscripts and their book library.

Read the whole story on the Upstate New York Genealogy Blog .

Visit the main website of Upstate New York Genealogy .

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categories history, main post | Rich | datetime July 19, 2008 11:32 pm | comments Comments (0)