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  • Population: 43,424
  • Year Organized: 1841
  • Area: 593 Square Miles
  • County Seat: Warsaw
  • Main Industry: Manufacturing
  • County Legislators: 16
  • County Nursing Homes: 1
  • State Parks: 1
  • Communities: 30
  • 47 Uniformed Police Officers
  • School Districts: 5


  • Named in from a modified Delaware Indian word meaning “broad bottom lands.”
  • Home to Letchworth State Park, the “Grand Canyon of the East.”
  • Home of the Gates House, home of Seth Gates, important figure in the Underground Railroad.
Last modified: February 25, 2008
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