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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. |
Wyoming County, New YorkWyoming County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County Namefrom a modified Delaware Indian word meaning "broad bottom lands" Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryWyoming County was formed from the southern portion of Genesee county in 1841; length E. and W. 25, breadth N. and S. 18 miles; centrally distant from New York 325, and from Albany 264 miles. The surface of the county is but gently undulating, and the general character of the soil is a most sandy or gravelly loam, well adapted to the culture of grain and grass. The Genesee river touches the southeastern corner in the town of Castile. Allen’s creek, so named from the infamous Indian Allen, who committed many murders on the frontier inhabitants in this region, rises in this county, and flowing northeasterly through a portion of the county of Genesee, empties into the Genesee river in the town of Wheatland, Monroe county. The Holland Land Company, to whom this country originally belonged, still own some small tracts. It is divided into 13 towns. (Historical Collections of the State of New York, Past and Present, John Barber, Clark Albion & Co., 1851) Wyoming County was created from Genesee in 1841, with the addition of three townships from Allegany County in 1846. It lies within the foothills of the Allegany Plateau of western New York, a source of several streams that have carved out ancient valleys since the last glacial age. Along a portion of its eastern boundary flows the Genesee River during its northward passage through the rock cliffs near Portageville. This historic and scenic region, once the homeland of the Senecas, now lies within Letchworth Park, known as the “Grand Canyon of the East.” Mary Jemison, famed White Woman of the Genesee, lived in Castile. Full History at NYSAC GeographyWyoming County is in the western part of New York State, east of Buffalo and slightly west of due south of
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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." |