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New York Counties
 Click Image to Enlarge New York CountiesThere are 62 counties in the State of New York. The first twelve counties in New York were created immediately after the British annexation of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, although two of these counties have since been abolished. The most recent county formation in New York was in 1912, when Bronx County was created from the portions of New York City that had been annexed from Westchester County. New York's counties are named for a variety of Native American words, British provinces, cities, and royalty, early American statesmen and generals, and state politicians. |
Livingston County, New YorkLivingston County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameNamed in honor of Robert R. Livingston, a delegate to the 1775 Continental Congress and a member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independance Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryLivingston County was taken from Ontario and Genesee counties in 1821. Greatest length N. and S. 30; greatest breadth
E. and W. 28 miles. Centrally distant NW, from New York 360, and from Albany W. 224 miles. The surface of the country is
in some parts hilly, in others quite level, or but gently undulated. Flats of richly alluvion border the Genesee river
in its course through the county from 1 to 2 miles in width, but a gravelly loam predominates on the upland. The great
staples are wheat, pork, and cattle. Of the first, it is estimated that there is an annual surplus of over a million of
bushels. Livingston County, formed from Ontario and Genesee Counties on February 23, 1821, was named in honor of Chancellor Robert Livingston, an eminent jurist, statesman and distinguished patron of agriculture. Between 1822 and 1857 the county annexed more land from Allegany and Steuben Counties to make up a total of seventeen towns including: Avon, Caledonia, Conesus, Geneseo (county seat), Groveland, Leicester, Lima, Livonia, Mount Morris, North Dansville, Nunda, Ossian, Portage, Sparta, Springwater, West Sparta and York. Full History at NYSAC GeographyLivingston County is located in Western New York, south of Rochester and east of Buffalo. Neighboring Counties:
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history. Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally." |
