Ovid (town), New York
| Ovid, New York | |
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| Town | |
 Ovid, New York
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| Coordinates: 42°39′21″N 76°47′23″W / 42.65583°N 76.78972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Seneca |
| Settled | 1789 |
| Established | March 5, 1794 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Board |
| • Supervisor | Walter Prouty |
| • Clerk | James Vangalio |
| • Court | Justice Louis VanCleef (Ovid & Lodi town courts) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 38.75 sq mi (100.37 km2) |
| • Land | 30.86 sq mi (79.93 km2) |
| • Water | 7.89 sq mi (20.44 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,020 ft (311 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,311 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 2,325 |
| • Density | 75.34/sq mi (29.09/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 14521 |
| Area code(s) | 607 |
| FIPS code | 36-55827 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979332 |
| Website | http://www.townofovid.org/ |
Ovid is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 2,311 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the Roman poet Ovid, a name assigned by a clerk interested in the classics.
The Town of Ovid contains a village also called Ovid, one of the county seats of Seneca County. The town is in the southern part of the county, extending between Seneca Lake to the west and Cayuga Lake to the east, and southeast of Geneva, New York.
The town was the native land of the part of the Iroquois.
The Sullivan Expedition passed through this area in 1779. The region was part of the Central New York Military Tract used to pay soldiers of the American Revolution. Andrew Dunlap, the first settler in the town, is believed to be also the first settler in the county.
The town was formed in 1794, while still part of Onondaga County. Part of Ovid was taken in 1802 to form the Town of Hector (now in Schuyler County). In 1817, part of Ovid was used to form the Town of Covert.
Ovid was, at times, on the south border of Seneca County as some of the other county towns were assigned to adjacent counties.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 38.8 square miles (100.5 km²), of which, 30.9 square miles (80.0 km²) of it is land and 7.9 square miles (20.5 km²) of it (20.13%) is water.
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