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Facts of Interest

  • Population: 219,846
  • Year Organized: 1808
  • Area: 523 Square Miles
  • County Seat: Lockport
  • Main Industry: Manufacturing
  • County Legislators: 19
  • County Nursing Homes: 1
  • Colleges and Universities: 2
  • State Parks: 11
  • School Districts: 10
  • Communities: 30
  • 286 Uniformed Police Officers

  • Named after an American Indian word meaning
    “bisected bottom lands.”
  • Home of Niagara Falls.
  • Home of the Colonel William Bond House.
  • Home of the Daredevil Museum.
  • Home of the Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse.
  • Home of Old Fort Niagara.
  • Home of the Seneca Niagara Falls Casino.
  • Home of the Niagara Aerospace Museum.
Last modified: February 25, 2008
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