Saratoga County | |
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![]() Location within the U.S. state of New York | |
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Coordinates: 43°07′N 73°52′W / 43.11°N 73.87°W | |
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Founded | February 7, 1791[a] |
Named for | Iroquois sah-rah-ka, "the hill beside the river" |
Seat | Ballston Spa |
Largest city | Saratoga Springs |
Area | |
• Total | 844 sq mi (2,190 km2) |
• Land | 810 sq mi (2,100 km2) |
• Water | 34 sq mi (90 km2) 4.0% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 235,509[1][2] |
• Density | 290.8/sq mi (112.3/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Congressional district | 20th |
Website | saratogacountyny |
Highest elevation: 2,759 ft (841 m) (Tenant Mountain),[3] in the Adirondack Mountains. Lowest elevation: 69 ft (21 m), at the confluence of the Hudson River and the Mohawk River. |
Saratoga County is a county in the U.S. state of New York, and is the fastest-growing county in Upstate New York.[4] As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was enumerated at 235,509,[1] its highest decennial count ever and a 7.2% increase from the 219,607 recorded at the 2010 census,[5] representing one of the fastest growth rates in the northeastern United States; and despite the worldwide toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in the early 2020s, Saratoga County has continued its rapid growth. The county seat is Ballston Spa.[6] The county is part of the Capital District region of the state.
Saratoga County's name was derived from the Iroquois word sah-rah-ka or sarach-togue, meaning "the hill beside the river", referring to the Hudson River bordering the county on its eastern flank and the Mohawk River delineating its southern border. Saratoga County, bisected by the toll-free, six-lane Adirondack Northway, serves as an outdoor recreational haven and as the gateway to the Adirondack Mountains and State Park for the populations of the Albany and New York City metropolitan areas. The county is also home to the internationally renowned Saratoga Race Course, one of the oldest venues in horse racing.
Saratoga County lies in the heart of eastern New York State's recognized Tech Valley, a growing center for the computer hardware side of the high-technology industry and its concomitant venture capital investment, with great strides in the nanotechnology sector, digital electronics design, and water- and electricity-dependent integrated microchip circuit manufacturing, and more recently, artificial intelligence, involving companies including IBM, GlobalFoundries, Samsung, and Taiwan Semiconductor, among others.[7][8][9] In April 2021, GlobalFoundries, a company specializing in the semiconductor industry, moved its headquarters from Silicon Valley, California to its most advanced semiconductor-chip manufacturing facility in Saratoga County near a section of the Adirondack Northway, in Malta, New York.[10]
The county is also frequently recognized for its high standard of living and quality of life. Saratoga County touts its strongly academic schools, clean environment and relatively cool climate, abundance of clean water and electricity, natural beauty and recreational opportunities, low county tax rates, and availability of new housing in its approach to robust growth in the county's high-tech workforce.
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