List of towns in New York

This is a list of towns in New York. As of the 2020 United States population census, the 62 counties of the State of New York are subdivided into 933 towns, 62 cities, and 10 American Indian reservations. Towns in New York are considered a third-level administrative division and a minor civil division by the US Census Bureau, in contrast to cities and villages, which are fourth-level divisions.

Same name, different county
There are ten pairs of towns with the same name located in separate counties:


 * Albion (Orleans County) & Albion (Oswego County)
 * Ashland (Chemung County) & Ashland (Greene County)
 * Brighton (Franklin County) & Brighton (Monroe County)
 * Chester (Orange County) & Chester (Warren County)
 * Clinton (Clinton County) & Clinton (Dutchess County)
 * Dickinson (Broome County) & Dickinson (Franklin County)
 * Franklin (Delaware County) & Franklin (Franklin County)
 * Fremont (Steuben County) & Fremont (Sullivan County)
 * Greenville (Greene County) & Greenville (Orange County)
 * Lewis (Essex County) & Lewis (Lewis County)

Coterminous names
Six towns are Coterminous town-villages, towns that are coterminous with one village.


 * East Rochester in Monroe County
 * Green Island in Albany County
 * Harrison in Westchester County
 * Mount Kisco in Westchester County
 * Palm Tree in Orange County
 * Scarsdale in Westchester County

Towns and cities with same name
There are 24 towns where a city of the same name exists in the same county:
 * Amsterdam town & city (Montgomery County)
 * Batavia town & city (Genesee County)
 * Binghamton town & city (Broome County)
 * Canandaigua town & city (Ontario County)
 * Corning town & city (Steuben County)
 * Dunkirk town & city (Chautauqua County)
 * Elmira town & city (Chemung County)
 * Geneva town & city (Ontario County)
 * Ithaca town & city (Tompkins County)
 * Johnstown town & city (Fulton County)
 * Kingston town & city (Ulster County)
 * Little Falls town & city (Herkimer County)
 * Lockport town & city (Niagara County)
 * Newburgh town & city (Orange County)
 * Norwich town & city (Chenango County)
 * Olean town & city (Cattaraugus County)
 * Oneonta town & city (Otsego County)
 * Oswego town & city (Oswego County)
 * Plattsburgh town & city (Clinton County)
 * Poughkeepsie town & city (Dutchess County)
 * Rye town & city (Westchester County)
 * Salamanca town & city (Cattaraugus County)
 * Tonawanda town & city (Erie County)
 * Watertown town & city (Jefferson County)

Shared names in different counties
In addition, three towns share names with cities in a different county:
 * Fulton town (Schoharie County) & city (Oswego County)
 * Middletown town (Delaware County) & city (Orange County)
 * Rochester town (Ulster County) & city (Monroe County)

Extremes in size and population
Some towns in New York, particularly in the North Country and on Long Island, cover very large areas. Four towns have larger area than New York City: Ohio and Webb in Herkimer County and Arietta and Long Lake in Hamilton County. All four are within Adirondack State Park and are sparsely populated.
 * Smallest town by area: Green Island, Albany County – 0.747 sqmi
 * Largest town by area: Webb, Herkimer County – 452.284 sqmi
 * Smallest town by population: Red House, Cattaraugus County - 27 (2020)
 * Largest town by population: Hempstead, Nassau County - 793,409 (2020)

Green Island is a coterminous town-village. Webb and Red House contain no villages. The 22 villages within the town of Hempstead are included in its population total.