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NYSAC - Oswego
Facts of Interest
- Population: 122,377
- Year Organized: 1816
- Area: 953 Square Miles
- County Seat: Oswego
- Main Industry: Retail Trade
- County Legislators: 25
- County Nursing Homes: 1
- Colleges and Universities: 1
- State Parks: 4
- School Districts: 9
- Communites: 60
- 112 Uniformed Police Officers
- The name Oswego is from the the Iroquois word meaning “the out-pouring” referring to the mouth of the Oswego River.
- Home of many of the final stops on the Underground Railroad, assisting thousands
of slaves to reach freedom in Canada.
- Home of the Age of Invention Museum.