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Schaghticoke

A town of 7,359 people in Rensselaer County, New York
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Town in New York, United States
7,445Population
51.9 sq miArea
377 ftElevation

Schaghticoke ( SKAT-ih-kohk) is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 7,445 at the 2020 census. It was named for the Schaghticoke, a Native American tribe formed in the seventeenth century from an amalgamation of remnant peoples of eastern New York and New England. The tribe has one of the oldest reservations in the United States, located in what is now Litchfield County, Connecticut. It has been recognized by the state of Connecticut but has not yet achieved federal recognition. The town is on the northern border of the county, north of Troy. The town contains a village, also called Schaghticoke, and part of the village of Valley Falls.

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ZIP code12154
Area code518
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