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Onondaga County

Onondaga County, New York
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Onondaga County Courthouse at Columbus Circle in Syracuse
Map of New York highlighting Onondaga County
Location in the U.S. state of New York
Map of the United States highlighting New York
New York's location in the U.S.
Founded 1794
Named for Onondaga people
Seat Syracuse
Largest city Syracuse
Area
 • Total 806 sq mi (2,088 km2)
 • Land 778 sq mi (2,015 km2)
 • Water 27 sq mi (70 km2), 3.4%
Population
 • (2010) 467,026
 • Density 600/sq mi (232/km²)
Congressional district 24th
Time zone Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Website www.ongov.net

Onondaga County (/ˌɒnənˈdɑːɡə/ ON-ən-DAH-gə) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 467,026. The county seat is Syracuse.

Onondaga County is part of the Syracuse, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area. Joanie Mahoney (R) is the current County Executive.

The name Onondaga derives from the name of the Native American tribe who historically lived in this area at the time of European contact, one of the original Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee. They called themselves (autonym) Onoda'gega, sometimes spelled Onontakeka. The word means "People of the Hills." Sometimes the term was Onondagaono ("The People of the Hills"). The federally recognized Onondaga Nation has a 9.3 square miles (24 km2) reservation within the county, on which they have self-government.


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