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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. |
Ontario County, New YorkOntario County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County Namecorruption of the Iroquois word meaning "beautiful lake" Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryWhen counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Ontario County was part of Albany County. This
was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont
and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. This county was reduced in size on July 3, 1766 by the creation
of Cumberland County, and further on March 16, 1770 by the creation of Gloucester County, both containing territory now
in Vermont. Above the fireplace of the Ontario County Historical Society building in Canandaigua are carved the words NEH-KO, GAH-GIS-DAN-YEN-DUK, a Seneca Indian phrase meaning “Other Council Fires Were Here Before Ours.” A great hill at the south eastern end of Canandaigua Lake, originally in Ontario County, now in Yates County, marks the place where the Seneca became one of the original five nations of the Iroquois Confederation and were the “Keepers of the Western Door.” Full History at NYSAC Online History of Ontario County, NY Published 1878 GeographyOntario County is in western New York State, east of Buffalo, southeast of Rochester, and northwest of Ithaca.
The county is within the Finger Lakes Region of the state. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a
total area of 662 square miles (1,716 kmē), of which, 644 square miles (1,669 kmē) of it is land and 18 square miles
(47 kmē) of it (2.72%) is water. 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." |
