Seneca County, New York

Seneca County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 33,342. Two villages share the duty as the s: and. The name is from the  that occupied part of the region. The County is governed by a fourteen-member.

History
The area covered by Seneca County straddles the prehistoric territories of both and  Nations of the  League. When counties were established by Europeans in New York State in, the present Seneca 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 the fall of on orders from commander-in-chief General  the  conducted a  campaign against the  who sided with the Loyalists in the. 's path destroyed and  villages along the east shore of.

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, Montgomery County was reduced in size by the splitting off of. The actual area split off from Montgomery County was much larger than the present county, also including the present, , , , , , , , , , , , and part of and.

was one of three counties split off from Montgomery County (the others being and ) in.

was formed in by the splitting of Herkimer County.

was formed in by the splitting of Onondaga County. This county was, however, much larger than the present Cayuga County. It then included the present Seneca and and part of.

In, Seneca County was formed by the splitting of Cayuga County.

In, Seneca County was reduced in size by combining portions of Seneca and the remainder of Cayuga County to form. Part of this territory, the current towns of and, were returned to Seneca County in 1819.

In, Seneca County was reduced in size by combining portions of Seneca and Ontario Counties to form.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,011 (391 ). 842 km² (325 sq mi) of it is land and 170 km² (66 sq mi) of it (16.80%) is water.

Seneca County is in the western part of New York State in the Region, bounded on the east by  and on the west by.

The is in the south part of the county.

Both the and the  cross the northern part of the county.

The former occupies a portion of land between Cayuga and Seneca Lakes. The and  are two NYS  prisons located in the county. is located next to the former Army base.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 33,342 people, 12,630 households, and 8,626 families residing in the county. The was 40/km² (103/sq mi). There were 14,794 housing units at an average density of 18/km² (46/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.02%, 2.27% , 0.25% , 0.68% , 0.01% , 0.67% from , and 1.09% from two or more races. or of any race were 1.98% of the population.

There were 12,630 households out of which 31.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.60% were living together, 10.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.70% were non-families. 25.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.80% under the age of 18, 7.50% from 18 to 24, 28.80% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 15.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 100.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,140, and the median income for a family was $45,445. Males had a median income of $32,512 versus $24,320 for females. The for the county was $17,630. About 8.00% of families and 11.50% of the population were below the, including 14.80% of those under age 18 and 7.30% of those age 65 or over.

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