CAYUGA COUNTY 



This county lies in the center of the state about half way be- 

 tween Albany and Buffalo in the center of the Finger Lakes reg- 

 ion. It has an area of 449,920 acres. From north to south the 

 county extends a distance of 53 miles and from east to west 

 approximately 18 miles. The population is shown in the follow- 

 ing table: 



* Auburn ( city ) 



Aurelius 



Brutus 



Cato 



Conquest , 



Fleming 



Genoa 



Ira 



Ledyard 



Locke 



Mentz 



Montezuma . . . 



Moravia 



Niles 



Population by Cities and Towns 



(Census of 1915) 

 32,468 Owasco 



1,469 

 2,438 

 1,588 

 1,225 

 1,031 

 1,853 

 1,467 

 1,629 



843 

 1,991 



914 

 2,239 

 1,254 



Scipio .... 

 Sempronius 

 Sennett . . . 

 Springport 

 Sterling . . 

 Summerhill 

 Throop . . . 

 Venice 

 Victory . . . 



Total 



1,503 



1,417 



743 



1,481 



1,502 



2,469 



604 



963 



1,402 



1,258 



65,751 



* Auburn is tbe county seat. 



HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 



Cayuga County was erected from Onondaga in 1799. The 

 name is from the Iroquois language, meaning " the place where 

 locusts were taken out." Before the advent of the whites this 

 section formed the chief hunting grounds of the Cayuga nation. 

 The people of this nation were more migratory in their habits 

 than those of the Onondaga and Seneca nations, and they had 

 fewer towns and villages. The principal town or place of council 

 of the tribe was on the shore of Cayuga Lake, near the present 

 site of Aurora. The first white settlers were soldiers that had 

 served during the Revolution. They were principally from New 

 England and the eastern counties of New York. They drew lots 

 on the military tract or purchased soldiers' warrants. 

 Note: Auburn has at present a population of 36,000. 



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