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Facts of Interest
- Population: 60,370
- Year Organized: 1802
- Area: 494 Square Miles
- County Seat: Batavia
- Main Industry: Manufacturing
- County Legislators: 9
- County Nursing Homes: 1
- Colleges and Universities: 1
- State Parks: 1
- Communities: 26
- 42 Uniformed Police Officers
- School Districts: 8
- Named from a Seneca Indian word meaning
“good valley.”
- Home of the Jell-O Gallery and Museum (Town of Leroy).
- Home of the first Union soldier to enlist for the Civil War. (City of Batavia)
- Home of Barber B. Conable, Jr., former U.S. Congressman and president of the World Bank.