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Richmond County
County Seat: New York City
Settled in 1661
Year Organized: 1683
Square Miles: 309

Richmond County, New York: named for Lennox, the Duke of Richmond.
Staten Island: named by the Dutch for the Staaten General.
[Source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle Aug 23, 1902]

One of the five boroughs, Staten Island, is co-terminous with Richmond county.
July 1, 2012 estimates Population: 470,728, in a land area of 58 square miles
[Source: US Census Bureau ]

The towns of Staten Island were dissolved in 1898 with the consolidation of the City of Greater New York, as Richmond County became one of the five boroughs of the expanded city.

Staten Island is the least populated of the 5 boroughs and was referred to as the Borough of Richmond until 1975.
The borough also contains the southern-most point in the state, South Point.

At the time of European contact, the island was inhabited by the Raritan band of the Unami division of the Lenape (referred to as the "Delaware" by European colonists.)
In 1670, the Native Americans ceded all claims to Staten Island to the English in a deed to Governor Francis Lovelace.
A Lenape burial ground on a bluff overlooking Raritan Bay in Tottenville is the largest pre-European burial ground in New York City, and is referred to as "Burial Ridge". The unmarked burial ground lies within Conference House Park.

City-County Consolidation
New York City consolidated with the Counties of
Bronx (The Bronx),
Kings (Brooklyn),
New York (Manhattan),
Queens (Queens)
and
Richmond (Staten Island) in 1874.

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Courthouse Info:
City Hall
52 Chambers Street
New York, NY 10007-1222
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Website Updates

Nov. 2024:
Marrige Records: United Brethren Congregation, Moravian Church, Staten Island, 1835-1863

Jul 2024:
Obits/Death Notices: GIBBON

Previous Updates 

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