Romulus, New York
| Romulus, New York | |
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 Romulus, New York
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| Coordinates: 42°43′19″N 76°50′26″W / 42.72194°N 76.84056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Seneca |
| Settled | 1789 |
| Established | March 5, 1794 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Council |
| • Supervisor | David Kaiser |
| • Clerk | Terry Rose Smith |
| • Court | Justice Donald Greule |
| Area | |
| • Total | 51.3 sq mi (132.9 km2) |
| • Land | 37.8 sq mi (97.9 km2) |
| • Water | 13.5 sq mi (35.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 758 ft (231 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4,316 |
| • Density | 114.2/sq mi (44.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 14541 |
| Area code(s) | 315 and 607 |
| FIPS code | 36-63440 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979431 |
| Website | http://www.romulustown.com/ |
Romulus is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 4,316 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the mythical founder of Rome, Romulus, a name assigned by a clerk with an interest in the classics.
The Town of Romulus is in the central part of the county, northwest of Ithaca, New York.
The town has a hamlet (and census-designated place), also called Romulus. Government offices for the town are located in Willard.
Before the American Revolution, this area was controlled by both the Cayuga and the Seneca nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois). French Jesuit missionaries visited the area in the 17th Century. The Sullivan Expedition in 1779 destroyed native villages and drove many of the Native Americans away. Romulus contains the area of Kendaia (Apple Town), a former Iroquois (Seneca) village destroyed by the residents in anticipation of the arrival of the Sullivan Expedition on September 5, 1779.
After the war, this town became part of the Central New York Military Tract, land for veterans of the Revolution. Returning natives were provided with land at the north end of Cayuga Lake. This reservation was partly in the eastern side of modern Romulus. The first non-native settlers arrived around 1789.
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