This is a list of towns in New York. As of the 2020 United States population census, the 62 counties of the State of New York are subdivided into 933 towns, 62 cities, 10 Native American reservations and one Unorganized Territory. Towns in New York are considered a third-level administrative division and a minor civil division by the US Census Bureau, in contrast to cities and villages, which are fourth-level divisions.
Six towns are Coterminous town-villages, towns that are coterminous with one village.
There is also one consolidated town-village
wherein the territory of the Town of Tuxedo that is outside the Village of Tuxedo Park is incorporated as the Village of Tuxedo, but this village and the Town use the same government.
There are ten pairs of towns with the same name located in separate counties:
There are 24 towns where a city of the same name exists in the same county:
In addition, three towns share names with cities in a different county:
Some towns in New York, particularly in the North Country and on Long Island, cover very large areas. Four towns have larger area than New York City: Ohio and Webb in Herkimer County and Arietta and Long Lake in Hamilton County. All four are within Adirondack State Park and are sparsely populated.
Green Island is a coterminous town-village. Webb and Red House contain no villages. The 22 villages within the town of Hempstead are included in its population total.