Oswego County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2005, the estimated population was 118,560. The City of Oswego serves as the county seat. The county name is from the Iroquois word meaning "the outpouring," referring to the mouth of the Oswego River.
Oswego County is part of the Syracuse, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area.
When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Oswego County was part of Albany C...
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Oswego County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of 2005, the estimated population was 118,560. The City of Oswego serves as the county seat. The county name is from the Iroquois word meaning "the outpouring," referring to the mouth of the Oswego River.
Oswego County is part of the Syracuse, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area.
When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Oswego 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,...
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