Columbia County, New York (U.S.)

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image by Jens Pattke, 29 July 2013

• Description of the flag
• Seal

- indicates flag is known.
- indicates it is reported that there is no known flag.

Municipal flags in Columbia County:

• Chatham (town)
• Chatham (village)
• Claverack
• Copake
• Gallatin
• Hillsdale
• Hudson
• Kinderhook
• Livingston
• New Lebanon
• Taghkanic

See also:

• County and Municipal flags of New York
• New York
• United States of America

The flag

The red and blue bars on this flag are divided by a thin white line, echoing the U.S. color scheme. The forked shape symbolizes that the county is neither north nor south, but right in the center of the state. The plain white seal depicts a figure of Columbia personified, holding a white dove and a book of law. The ship and stagecoach hearken back to the county's early forms of transportation.

Reference:
www.hvmag.com/Hudson-Valley-Magazine/June-2013/Flag-Day-The-Hudson-Valleys-County-Flags-and-the-History-Behind-Their-Emblems/

Jens Pattke, 29 July 2013

Seal

located by Paul Bassinson, 6 December 2016
Image obtained from halfwheel.com.