Wayne County, NY Summer Camps

About Wayne County, NY

Wayne County is a county located in the US state of New York. It is part of the Rochester, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area and lies on the south shore of Lake Ontario , forming part of the northern border of the United States with Canada. The name honors General Anthony Wayne , an American Revolutionary War hero and American statesman . The county seat is Lyons . As of the 2010 Census , the estimated population was 93,772. Its location during the early westward expansion of the United States, on an international border and in a fertile farming region, has contributed to a rich cultural and economic history. Two world religions sprung from within its borders, and its inhabitants played important roles in Abolitionism in the years leading up to the Civil War . Nineteenth century War of 1812 skirmishes, Great Lakes sailing ship commerce and Erie Canal barge traffic have since yielded to contemporary recognition as one of the world's most productive fruit growing regions. Wayne County ranks as the top apple producing county in New York.

History of Wayne County, NY

Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the land Wayne County encompasses was originally part of the Iroquois Confederacy, which had existed from around August 31, 1142. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, it became part of Albany County . This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State and all of the present State of Vermont , extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. In 1804, after numerous acts of subdividing, Seneca County was formed by the splitting of Cayuga County, which, in turn, was reduced in size by combining portions of Seneca and the remainder of Cayuga County to form Tompkins County in 1817. On April 11, 1823, Wayne County was formed by combining portions of Seneca and Ontario Counties. Westward expansion The first settlers of European extraction came to the region located along the Ganargua River, just west of present-day Palmyra . In 1788 the area became part of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase , a 6,000,000 acres tract of land sold to Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Sir William Pulteney , a British baronet and English land speculator , along with his partners in the Pulteney Association , purchased a 1,000,000 acres of the former Phelps and Gorham Purchase in 1790. The first westward road was one coming from near Utica to Geneva , and, with the building of the Cayuga Bridge in 1800, was the road chosen by nearly all of the westward travelers. This highway left the future Wayne County region somewhat isolated and settlers desiring to locate there came by way of streams and lakes lying to the north of the road.

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