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Orleans County Facts

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  • Population: 44,171
  • Year Organized: 1824
  • Area: 391 Square Miles
  • County Seat: Albion
  • Main Industry: Public Administration
  • County Legislators: 7
  • County Nursing Homes: 1
  • State Parks: 2
  • Communities: 21
  • 38 Uniformed Police Officers
  • School Districts: 5

  • Named after the French Royal House of Orleans.
    Home of the Cobblestone Museum.
  • Home of the Eric Canal Culvert, the only automobile tunnel under the Erie Canal.
  • Home of the Courthouse Square Historic District.
  • Home of the Holly Depot Museum.
  • Home of the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge.
Last modified: February 25, 2008
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