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Oswego County History

Oswego County is bounded by the Oneida and Oswego rivers, Lake Ontario and Oneida Lake. Native people used the rivers and lakes as highways for centuries and there were campsites with names such as Kah-ne-wo-nah (Iroquois) “Place of the Tall Pines” in Phoenix, Caugh-de-noy (Iroquois) “Eel Lying Down” in the hamlet of the same name, and Se-ugh-kay (Oneida) “Lake Pours Out” at the mouth of the Oneida River in Brewerton.

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  • Population: 122,377
  • Year Organized: 1816
  • Area: 953 Square Miles

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Census Information

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Oswego County Website

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www.co.oswego.ny.us

Last modified: June 04, 2008
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