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Line 1: {{Use mdy dates\|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox settlement \|name = Schodack Line 8 ⟶ 9: \|image_skyline = File:SchodackNY BlinkBonnie.jpg \|imagesize = \|image_caption = [[Blink Bonnie (Schodack, New York)\|Blink Bonnie]], Shodack, NY \|image_flag = \|image_seal = Line 27 ⟶ 28: \|government_type = \|leader_title =Supervisor \|leader_name =~~Dave~~Charles ~~Harris~~Peter (R) \|leader_title1 = \|leader_name1 = Line 35 ⟶ 36: <!-- Area --> \|unit_pref = Imperial \|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2016">{{cite web\|title=2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files\|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2016_Gazetteer/2016_gaz_place_36.txt\|publisher=United States Census Bureau\|access-date=~~Jul~~July 5, 2017}}</ref> \|area_magnitude = \|area_total_km2 = 164.73 Line 48 ⟶ 49: \|population_footnotes = \|population_total = 12965 \|population_density_km2 = auto \|population_density_sq_mi = auto <!-- General information --> Line 60 ⟶ 61: \|elevation_ft = 308 \|coordinates = {{coord\|42\|31\|53\|N\|73\|41\|34\|W\|region:US-NY\|display=inline,title}} \|postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] \|postal_code = 12156<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/12156\|title=Schodack Landing ZIP Code\|publisher=zipdatamaps.com\|year=2022\|access-date=November 11, 2022}}</ref> ~~\|postal_code =~~ \|area_code = [[Area codes 518 and 838\|518 and 838]] \|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard\|FIPS code]] \|blank_info = 36-65541 Line 73 ⟶ 74: \|population_est = }} '''Schodack''' is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town\|town]] in [[Rensselaer County, New York\|Rensselaer County]], [[New York (state)\|New York]], United States. The population was 12,965 at the 2020 census.<ref name="U.S. Census 2020">U.S. Census, 2020, 'Schodack town, Rensselaer County, New York'</ref> The town name is derived from the Mahican word, Escotak.<ref>[http://debbie_winchell.tripod.com/mohican/geographic.html Mohican Geographic Names]</ref> The town is in the southwestern part of the county. Schodack is southeast of [[Albany, New York\|Albany]], [[New York (state)\|New York]]. == History == Line 80 ⟶ 81: The town was first settled by Europeans in the 17th century and was part of the [[Manor of Rensselaerswyck]] in the [[New Netherland]] colony. The town was established in 1795, when Rensselaerwyck was divided. In 1896, part of the town was annexed to provide some territory for the Towns of [[Nassau (town), New York\|Nassau]] and [[Berlin, New York\|Berlin]]. [[Blink Bonnie (Schodack, New York)\|Blink Bonnie]], [[Elmbrook Farm]], the [[Muitzes Kill Historic District]], and the [[Joachim Staats House and Gerrit Staats Ruin]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.schodack.org/sites/schodackny/files/uploads/town_of_schodack_-_comprehensive_plan.pdf\|title=Town of Schodack Comprehensive Plan\|date=January 2011\|access-date=July 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail?assetID=a8420f16-e2c3-4905-afbf-f073a2470faa\|title=Asset Detail}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.schodack.org/sites/schodackny/files/uploads/schodack_register_properties.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=July 3, 2018~~-07-03~~ \|archive-date=July 4, 2018~~-07-04~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704040921/https://www.schodack.org/sites/schodackny/files/uploads/schodack_register_properties.pdf \|url-status=dead }}</ref> are sites within the Town of Schodack that have been listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref\|2009a}}</ref> ==Geography== Line 115 ⟶ 116: \|2020= 12965 \|estimate= \|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="U.S. Census 2020">U.S. Census, 2020, 'Schodack town, Rensselaer County, New York'</ref> }} As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web\|url=https://www.census.gov\|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]\|access-date=~~2008-01-~~January 31, 2008\|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 12,536 people, 4,737 households, and 3,500 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert\|201.5 ~~people per square mile (77.8~~\|PD/~~km<sup>2<~~sqmi\|PD/~~sup>)~~km2\|sp=us\|adj=off}}. There were 4,942 housing units at an average density of {{convert\|79.4 ~~per square mile (30.7~~\|/~~km<sup>2<~~sqmi\|/~~sup>)~~km2\|sp=us\|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 97.54% [[White (U.S. Census)\|White]], 0.68% [[African American (U.S. Census)\|African American]], 0.22% [[Native American (U.S. Census)\|Native American]], 0.49% [[Asian (U.S. Census)\|Asian]], 0.38% from [[Race (United States Census)\|other races]], and 0.68% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)\|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)\|Latino]] of any race were 1.49% of the population. There were 4,737 households, out of which 35.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% were [[Marriage\|married couples]] living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.1% were non-families. 21.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.04.