Seneca County, New York
| Seneca County, New York | ||
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 Location in the U.S. state of New York |
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 New York's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1804 | |
| Named for | Seneca people | |
| Seat | Waterloo | |
| Largest town | Seneca Falls | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 390 sq mi (1,010 km2) | |
| • Land | 324 sq mi (839 km2) | |
| • Water | 67 sq mi (174 km2), 17% | |
| Population | ||
| • (2010) | 35,251 | |
| • Density | 109/sq mi (42/km²) | |
| Congressional district | 23rd | |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 | |
| Website | www |
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Seneca County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 35,251. The primary county seat is Waterloo. It became a two-shire county in 1822, using both locations as county seats although the majority of Seneca County administrative offices are in Waterloo. Therefore, most political sources only list Waterloo as the county seat. The county's name is from the Iroquois (Seneca) that occupied part of the region.
Seneca County comprises the Seneca Falls, NY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY Combined Statistical Area.
The area covered by Seneca County straddles the prehistoric territories of both Seneca and Cayuga Nations of the Iroquois League. When counties were established by Europeans in New York in 1683, the present Seneca County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York 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.
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