Land Area of Albany County Towns

This table shows the land area of each town in Albany County. It does not include land under water. The Town of Berne is the largest town in the form of area in Albany County.

Town Square Miles
Albany city 21.39
Berne town 64.03
Bethlehem town 49.03
Coeymans town 50.13
Cohoes city 3.77
Colonie town 55.94
Green Island town 0.75
Guilderland town 57.9
Knox town 41.76
New Scotland town 57.5
Rensselaerville town 61.46
Watervliet city 1.35
Westerlo town 57.79

Albany and the Fading Escarpment

Land Use, Crown Point Area

West of Port Henry most of the land is forested but east of it, a lot of hay and field crops such as corn, soy and wheat are grown to feed dairy cattle.

THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT OWNING LAND | What They Don’t Tell You

I was listening to this podcast on the way in today. Taxes, maintance cost, acreage that is build-able, among other things are big considerations. More information is good, and while I don't necessarily agree with everything in this podcast, I am considering each topic they discuss carefully.