Glens Falls Wedding

Glens Falls is a city in Warren County, New York, USA. It is part of the Glens Falls, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,354 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from the large waterfall in the Hudson River at the southern base of the city.

The City of Glens Falls is in the southern part of Warren County. The city has referred to itself as the "Empire City." Glens Falls is also known as "Hometown U.S.A.", a title given to it by Look Magazine in 1944. The city is located in the southeast corner of the county, surrounded by the Town of Queensbury to the North, East, and West, and by the Hudson River and Saratoga County to the South.

The area was originally called Chepontuc, but was renamed The Corners. In 1766 it was renamed Wings Falls for Abraham Wing, who established a permanent settlement. After title was granted to Colonel Johannes Glen after he won it on a poker game, the name was changed to Glens Falls.