It is surrounded by Washington, Rensselaer, Albany, Schenectady, Montgomery, Fulton, Hamilton, and Warren Counties.
Saratoga County is highlighted in the map of New York.
For an interactive map of Saratoga County, go to our map page. In 1791, Saratoga County was taken from Albany County which had been established as one of the original New York counties in 1683. Geographically situated at the junction of the two great valleys, one stretching north to the St. Lawrence River, the other west to the Great Lakes and beyond, Saratoga has a rich and varied history. Henry Hudson and his crew may have been the first white men to see this area in 1609 when they ventured as far as the rapids near the junction of the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers. The site of numerous early colonial settlements, the pivotal Revolutionary War Battle of Saratoga in 1777, and a gateway for the westward migration of many local as well as New England settlers, were all important early roles played by Saratoga.