Schenectady

(sken-ek'ta-de,) in New York, an E. co., embracing a great portion of the Mohawk Valley. Area, 190 sq. m. Pop. 21,348.-A well-built and prosperous city, C. of above co., on the Mohawk, 16 m. N.W. of Albany. It po e es important manu fs., and was settled by the Dutch in 1661. Pop. 11,206. [s. 802]