Seneca County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2000 census, the population was 33,342. Two villages share the duty as the county seats: Ovid and Waterloo. Seneca County is the only county in New York to officially have two county seats.The name is from the Iroquois (Seneca) that occupied part of the region.
The area covered by Seneca County straddles the prehistoric territories of both Seneca and Cayuga Nations of the ...
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Seneca County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2000 census, the population was 33,342. Two villages share the duty as the county seats: Ovid and Waterloo. Seneca County is the only county in New York to officially have two county seats.The name is from the Iroquois (Seneca) that occupied part of the region.
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.
On March 12, 1772, what was left of Albany...
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