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, 10 Native American reservations and one Unorganized Territory. 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.
Coterminous and Consolidated Town-Villages 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 is coterminous with the Village of Kiryas Joel. Scarsdale in Westchester County
There is also one consolidated town-village
Tuxedo in Orange County
wherein the territory of the Town of Tuxedo that is outside the Village of Tuxedo Park is incorporated as the Village of Tuxedo, but this village and the Town use the same government.Town of Tuxedo Town Board Final Combination Plan Combined Incorporation and Consolidation Procedure (PDF) Government of the Town of Tuxedo
Shared names 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)
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)
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)
Alphabetical list