Cayuga County is a

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in the

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 76,248. Its

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and largest city is Auburn. The county was named for the

Cayuga people The Cayuga ( Cayuga: Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ, "People of the Great Swamp") are one of the five original constituents of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), a confederacy of Native Americans in New York. The Cayuga homeland lies in the Finger Lakes re ...

, one of the Native American tribes in the Iroquois Confederation. The county is part of the

Central New York The central region of New York state includes: * Auburn in Cayuga County * Cortland in Cortland County * Oneida in Madison County * Syracuse, the largest city of Central New York, in Onondaga County * Fulton and Oswego in Oswego County ...

region of the state. Cayuga County comprises the Auburn, NY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the

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-Auburn, NY Combined Statistical Area.

History

When counties were established in the

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in 1683, the present Cayuga County was part of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of the present state of New York and all of the present state of

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and, in theory, extending westward to the

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. This county was reduced in size on July 3, 1766, by the creation of

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, 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, 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

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, and the county included the western part of the

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and the area west of the West Branch of the

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. The area then designated as Tryon County now includes 37 counties of New York State. The county was named for

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, colonial governor of New York. In the years prior to 1776, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County fled to

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. In 1784, following the peace treaty that ended the

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, the name of Tryon County was changed to Montgomery County in honor of the general,

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, who had captured several places in Canada and died attempting to capture the city of

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, replacing the name of the hated British governor. In 1789, Montgomery County was reduced in size by the splitting off of Ontario County. The actual area split off from Montgomery County was much larger than the present county, also including the present Allegany, Cattaraugus,

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, Erie, Genesee, Livingston,

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, Niagara, Orleans,

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, Yates, and part of Schuyler and Wayne Counties. Herkimer County was one of three counties split off from Montgomery County (the others being Otsego and Tioga Counties) in 1791.

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was formed in 1794 by the splitting of Herkimer County. Cayuga County was formed in 1799 by the splitting of Onondaga County. This county was, however, much larger than the present Cayuga County. It then included the present Seneca and Tompkins Counties. In 1804, Seneca County was formed by the splitting of Cayuga County. Then in 1817, in turn, a portion of Seneca County was combined with a piece of the remainder of Cayuga County to form Tompkins County. In the late 19th and early 20th century, this region attracted European immigrants who developed farms or took over existing ones, particularly from Italy and Poland.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (20%) is water. Cayuga County is located in the west central part of the state, in the

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region.

Owasco Lake Owasco Lake is the sixth largest and third easternmost of the Finger Lakes of New York in the United States. History Owasco Lake's name may have been derived from the Iroquois word ''dwas-co'', meaning ''bridge on the water''. The name may al ...

is in the center of the county, and

Cayuga Lake Cayuga Lake (, or ) is the longest of central New York's glacial Finger Lakes, and is the second largest in surface area (marginally smaller than Seneca Lake) and second largest in volume. It is just under long. Its average width is , and i ...

forms part of the western boundary.

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is on the northern border, and Skaneateles Lake and Cross Lake form part of the eastern border. Cayuga County has more waterfront land than any other county in the state not adjacent to the

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Adjacent counties

* Oswego County – northeast *

– east *

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– southeast * Tompkins County – south * Seneca County – west * Wayne County – west * Prince Edward County,

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– north

Major highways

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(

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) *

U.S. Route 20 * NY-3

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New York State Route 38 * NY-90

New York State Route 90 * NY-104

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National protected areas

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(part) *

Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, encompassing part of the Montezuma Swamp at the north end of Cayuga Lake. The 10,004-acre (40.48 km2) preserve is composed ...

(part)

Demographics

2020 Census

2000 Census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 81,963 people, 30,558 households, and 20,840 families residing in the county. The

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was . There were 35,477 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 93.34%

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, 3.99%

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, 0.31% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.02%

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, 0.88% from other races, and 1.03% from two or more races. 1.97% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. 16.3% were of Irish, 16.0% English, 15.7%

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, 11.3%

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, 9.5% American and 6.3%

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ancestry according to Census 2000. 94.9% spoke English, 2.0%

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and 1.0%

as their first language. There were 30,558 households, out of which 32.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.00% were

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living together, 11.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.80% were non-families. 26.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.04. In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.10% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 29.70% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 14.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 102.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.80 males. The median income for a household in the county was $37,487, and the median income for a family was $44,973. Males had a median income of $33,356 versus $23,919 for females. The

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for the county was $18,003. About 7.80% of families and 11.10% of the population were below the

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, including 14.90% of those under age 18 and 8.20% of those age 65 or over. At 2.3%, Cayuga County has the highest share of Ukrainian Americans of any county in New York State. The Ukrainian-American population in Cayuga County is heavily concentrated in the Auburn area.

Government and politics

Cayuga County is considered a swing county in national elections. In 2000, Democrat

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won Cayuga County with 50% of the vote to

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's 44%. In 2004, however, incumbent President Bush defeated

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by a narrow margin of only 0.58%, or 49.22% to 48.64%. In 2008, it was won by Democrat

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, with 53% of the vote to Republican

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's 45%. In 2012, Obama won the county again by a slightly larger margin over Republican

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. However, like most of upstate New York, Cayuga County swung right in 2016. Republican

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carried it with 52.41% of the vote to

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's 40.76%, the largest Republican vote share since 1988 and the largest margin of victory for a Republican since 1984. In 2020, Trump carried the county again, this time taking 53.49% of the vote (the largest vote share for any Republican since 1984) to

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's 44.27%. Biden became the first Democrat to win the presidency without carrying Cayuga County since

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. In 2024 this trend continued, with Donald Trump winning the highest percentage of the vote for any candidate of either party since Reagan in 1984.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ In statewide elections it has gone for Democrats: both

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and Hillary Clinton won it in 2006 with more than 60% of the vote. In 2010, Democrat

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defeated Republican Carl Paladino 53% to 40% for the governorship, with 3% going to Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins. Also in 2010, both Democratic U.S. Senators,

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and

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, carried Cayuga County. Gillibrand won 54% of the vote, while Schumer won 61%. The Cayuga County Legislature consists of 15 members, each of whom are elected from

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Communities

Larger Settlements

† - County Seat

Towns

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* Cato *

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* Fleming *

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* Ira * Ledyard * Locke * Mentz * Montezuma *

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* Niles *

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* Scipio * Sempronius * Sennett * Springport * Sterling * Summerhill * Throop *

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Hamlets

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* Westbury

Notable people

* Charles Bogardus (1841–1929),

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and

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* William H. Carpenter (1821–1885),

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Consul to

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during the

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* Adam Helmer, (c. 1754–1830),

hero *

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(1801–1872),

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and

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(1822–1913),

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and

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* Harold Wethey (1902–1984),

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and professor of

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at the

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Notes

References

External links

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Cayuga County NYGenWeb Project

Cayuga County Sheriff

Cayuga Community College

Cayuga County Historical Aerial Photographs of New York
Cornell University Library & Cornell Institute for Resource Information Sciences
Genealogy and history resources for Cayuga County
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