Schenectady, New York

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To acquaint you with some of the communities near Schenectady: The community of Scotia lies immediately to the northwest. It has a population of 8,076^<1> people.

Just to the east of Schenectady is Niskayuna. It is 3 mi [4.83 km]^<2> away and has a population of 21,739 people.

Some other communities in the area: Rotterdam, 3 mi [4.83 km] to the west; Glenville, 5 mi [8.05 km] to the northwest; Clifton Park, 6 mi [9.66 km] to the northeast.

Below are some more communities neighboring Schenectady:

	Community	Population	Direction	Distance
	Hungry Hill	---	S	Less than 2 mi
	Mount Pleasant	---	S	Less than 2 mi
	Scotia	8,076	NW	Less than 2 mi
	Bellevue	---	SW	2 mi [3.22 km]
	Rotterdam	---	SW	2 mi [3.22 km]
	Schonowe	---	W	2 mi [3.22 km]
	Alplaus	---	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]
	Aqueduct	---	NE	3 mi [4.83 km]

The largest community (within a 50 mile [80 km] radius) is Albany. It is located about 14 miles [22 km] to the southeast of Schenectady and has a population of 94,172 people.

The city of Schenectady is located in Schenectady County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Schenectady: Albany, Montgomery, Saratoga and Schoharie.

While not sharing a border with Schenectady, the following counties are close to Schenectady: Rensselaer, Fulton and Washington.

Below are counties that are near Schenectady (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, the community that is closest to Schenectady is also shown.

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Schenectady
	Berkshire County (MA)	E	North Hancock (MA)	35 miles [56 km]
	Albany County	S	Fort Hunter	4 miles [6 km]
	Columbia County	S	Poolsburg	27 miles [43 km]
	Fulton County	NW	Beyers Corners	15 miles [24 km]
	Greene County	S	Deans Mill	25 miles [40 km]
	Hamilton County	N	Maple Grove	32 miles [51 km]
	Montgomery County	W	Scotch Church	10 miles [16 km]
	Otsego County	W	Weber Corners	36 miles [57 km]
	Rensselaer County	E	Lansingburgh	13 miles [20 km]
	Saratoga County	NE	Rexford	3 miles [4 km]

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Schenectady. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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