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Rensselaer County Maps This page was last updated 2 February 2009. |
Most of the links on this page are to maps offsite, that is, elsewhere on the
Internet. If you notice a link that doesn't work, please report it to me,
Lin Van Buren, so that I can try to
establish where that offsite website may have moved.
All maps are graphics. In order to show enough detail to be of use to
you, they have to be of a high resolution, and this makes the graphic file VERY LARGE.
That means it takes a long time to download. These maps may take five minutes or more
to load, depending on your computer. The maps, then, are probably best enjoyed when
you are not pressed for time!
The maps below marked "15-Minute Quadrant" are at the website of the University
of New Hampshire Library. The dates vary and are specified in the table below.
The maps give topographical detail, such as contour lines and
bodies of water, and they show villages, roads, rail lines, houses/buildings
(not labelled) and sometimes the names of peaks. They are detailed enough that you may
well see here information not found anywhere else. The state of New York has been
divided into 15-minute grid lines; in this usage, "15 minutes" means one-quarter
of a degree of the earth's surface.
You can see the whole grid for New York state
by clicking here; that will
help you visualise what the quadrants are. Rensselaer County fits, almost entirely, into
four of these 15-minute quadrant maps. The four maps are called (clockwise starting
from the northeastern corner) the Hoosick Quadrant, the Berlin Quadrant, the
Troy Quadrant and the Cohoes Quadrant (don't be misled by the fact that Cohoes is
in Albany County - this map still shows the northwestern quarter of Rensselaer County).
In addition, three of the adjoining 15-minute quadrant maps show parts of Rensselaer
County, so I've included links to those, too. When you click on the links below,
you are taken to a menu page where you can decide which quadrant of the chosen quadrant
map you want to view. Each map you view, then, is about 1/16 of the county.
At this menu page, you can also see a list of all the towns
covered by that quadrant map. In some instances, you are offered on this menu page
some even more detailed "7.5-minute" maps of locations in our county, such as
Eagle Bridge. Have fun!
| MapQuest | Key in any address, click and view a map of the neighborhood. |
| Jimapco | Hard-copy, detailed modern maps of the area, sold online or at service stations in Rensselaer County. |
Hudson River Valley maps  (both historical and modern) |
| Albany County Districts, 1772 and 1784 (includes Schaghticoke, Hoosick and Stephentown) |
| Manor of Rensselaerwyck 1767 |
| Battlefield of Battle of Bennington, 1777 (drawn in 1780) |
| Brunswick 1790 |
| Petersburgh 1876 |
| Rensselaer County 1880 |
| Troy 1881 |
15-Minute Quadrant
Historical Maps
| Name of map | Years | Towns shown |
|---|---|---|
| Hoosick Quadrant | 1897 | Grafton [NY, not NH], Hoosick, Petersburgh [NY, not NH], Pittstown, Schaghticoke; also 7.5-minute maps of villages/hamlets of Eagle Bridge (in Hoosick), Grafton (in Grafton), and Hoosick Falls (in Hoosick) |
| Berlin Quadrant | 1898 | Berlin, Grafton, Nassau, Petersburgh, Poestenkill, Sand Lake and Stephentown; also 7.5-minute maps of villages/hamlets of Taborton (in Sand Lake), Stephentown Center (in Stephentown), and Berlin (in Berlin). |
| Troy Quadrant | 1893, 1928, 1950 |
Brunswick, East Greenbush, Grafton, Nassau, North Greenbush, Poestenkill, Sand Lake, Schodack, Stephentown, the City of Rensselaer, and the City of Troy |
| Cohoes Quadrant | 1898, 1929, 1949 |
Brunswick, Grafton, Pittstown, and Schaghticoke |
| Albany Quadrant | 1893, 1927, 1950 |
Greenbush (became City of Rensselaer in 1897) |
| Coxsackie Quadrant | 1894, 1929 |
part of Schodack |
| Kinderhook Quadrant | 1903, 1933 |
part of Nassau part of Schodack |
| Rensselaer County quick-loading, simple, a good overview |
| City of Troy - 10 maps of various neighbourhoods of Troy |
| Lansingburgh |
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Lin Van Buren