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Ontario County History

Above the fireplace of the Ontario County Historical Society building in Canandaigua are carved the words NEH-KO, GAH-GIS-DAN-YEN-DUK, a Seneca Indian phrase meaning “Other Council Fires Were Here Before Ours.” A great hill at the south eastern end of Canandaigua Lake, originally in Ontario County, now in Yates County, marks the place where the Seneca became one of the original five nations of the Iroquois Confederation and were the “Keepers of the Western Door.”

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  • Population: 100,224
  • Year Organized: 1789
  • Area: 644 Square Miles

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Last modified: June 04, 2008
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