Schuyler County, New York

Schuyler County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 19,224. The is. The name is in honor of General, one of the four major generals in the Continental Army in the.

History
When counties were established in New York State in, the present Schuyler County was part of. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of and, in theory, extending westward to the. This county was reduced in size on, by the creation of , and further on ,  by the creation of , both containing territory now in Vermont.

On, , what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. One of the other pieces,, 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, and the county included the western part of the and the area west of the West Branch of the. The area then designated as Tryon County now includes 37 counties of New York State. The county was named for, colonial governor of New York.

In the years prior to, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County fled to. In, following the peace treaty that ended the , the name of Tryon County was changed to in honor of the general, , who had captured several places in Canada and died attempting to capture the city of , replacing the name of the hated British governor.

In, was split off from Montgomery. The actual area split off from Montgomery County was much larger than the present county, also including the present, , , , , , , , , , , , and part of Schuyler and.

and were two of three counties split off from Montgomery County (the other being ) in.

In, was formed by the splitting of Herkimer County. This county was larger than the present Onondaga County, however, including the present, , and.

In, was created, split off from Ontario County. It was rather larger than the present county, however.

In, was formed from Tioga County, but the county at that time was rather larger than the present county, containing a portion of what would later become Schuyler County.

In, was formed by the splitting of Onondaga County. This county was, however, much larger than the present Cayuga County. It then included the present and, as well as part of what would become Schuyler County.

In, was formed by the splitting of Cayuga County. Then in, in turn, a portion of Seneca County was combined with a piece of the remainder of Cayuga County to form.

In, Steuben County was reduced in size by the combination of a portion of the county with a portion of to form.

In, portions of , and   were combined to form Schuyler County.

Geography
Schuyler County is in the western part of New York State, west of at the south end of.

The is in the north part of the county.

According to the, the county has a total area of 886 (342 ). 851 km² (329 sq mi) of it is land and 35 km² (14 sq mi) of it (3.95%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 19,224 people, 7,374 households, and 5,191 families residing in the county. The was 23/km² (58/sq mi). There were 9,181 housing units at an average density of 11/km² (28/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.48%, 1.45% , 0.40% , 0.29% , 0.03% , 0.36% from , and 0.99% from two or more races. or of any race were 1.22% of the population.

There were 7,374 households out of which 32.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.70% were living together, 9.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.60% were non-families. 23.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.30% under the age of 18, 7.90% from 18 to 24, 26.60% from 25 to 44, 25.40% from 45 to 64, and 14.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 100.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,010, and the median income for a family was $41,441. Males had a median income of $31,549 versus $21,928 for females. The for the county was $17,039. About 8.80% of families and 11.80% of the population were below the, including 17.10% of those under age 18 and 6.20% of those age 65 or over.

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