Steuben County, New York
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Farmland in rural Steuben County
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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 | 1796 |
| Named for | Baron von Steuben |
| Seat | Bath |
| Largest city | Corning |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,404 sq mi (3,636 km2) |
| • Land | 1,391 sq mi (3,603 km2) |
| • Water | 14 sq mi (36 km2), 1.0% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 98,990 |
| • Density | 71/sq mi (27/km²) |
| Congressional district | 23rd |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website | www |
Steuben County /stuːˈbɛn/ is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 98,990. Its county seat is Bath. Its name is in honor of Baron von Steuben, a German general who fought on the American side in the American Revolutionary War, though it is not pronounced the same.
Steuben County comprises the Corning, NY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Elmira-Corning, NY Combined Statistical Area.
When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Steuben County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State 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.
On March 12, 1772, what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. One of the other pieces, Tryon County, contained the western portion (and thus, since no western boundary was specified, theoretically still extended west to the Pacific). The eastern boundary of Tryon County was approximately five miles west of the present city of Schenectady, and the county included the western part of the Adirondack Mountains and the area west of the West Branch of the Delaware River. The area then designated as Tryon County now includes 37 counties of New York State. The county was named for William Tryon, colonial governor of New York.
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