Auburn (Áhsku•ˀ in Tuscarora) is a city in Cayuga County, New York, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 28,574. It is the county seat of Cayuga County.
Auburn is home to the Auburn Doubledays minor league baseball team, which is owned by the Auburn Community Owned Non-Profit Baseball Association, Inc.
The site was called Ahsku by the Tuscarora, who inhabited the area after being pushed to the north by oth...
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Auburn (Áhsku•ˀ in Tuscarora) is a city in Cayuga County, New York, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 28,574. It is the county seat of Cayuga County.
Auburn is home to the Auburn Doubledays minor league baseball team, which is owned by the Auburn Community Owned Non-Profit Baseball Association, Inc.
The site was called Ahsku by the Tuscarora, who inhabited the area after being pushed to the north by other tribes. It was part of Iroquois territory before the American Revolution.
Auburn was founded in 1793 by European-Americans, before the creation of Cayuga County, by John L. Hardenbergh, a veteran of the American Revolution buried in Auburn's Fort Hill Cemetery. The community grew up around Hardenbergh's gristmill and sawmill.
Originally known as Hardenbergh's Corners in the town of Aurelius, the settlement was renamed Auburn in 1805 when it became the county seat. Auburn became an incorporated village in 1815, and was chartered as a city...
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