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Oswego County
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county in New York, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- Seat
- Oswego
- Largest city
- Oswego
- County administrator
- Philip Church
- Total
- 1,312 sq mi (3,400 km )
- Land
- 952 sq mi (2,470 km )
- Water
- 360 sq mi (930 km ) 27%
- Estimate 2025
- 118,569
- Density
- 123.5/sq mi (47.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 24th
- Website
- https://www.oswegocountyny.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Oswego River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- New York
- Contains
- Oswego
- Capital
- Oswego
- Population
- 117525
- Area
- 3399
- Body of water
- Lake Ontario
- Shares border with
- Madison County
- Official website
- www.oswegocounty.com
- Image
- Oswego County Courthouse, (Built 1860), Oswego, New York.jpg
- Households
- 46597
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- Commons category
- Oswego County, New York
- topic's main category
- Category:Oswego County, New York
- inception
- 1816-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Oswego County, New York
- water as percent of area
- 27
- native label
- Oswego County
- different from
- Oswego
- per capita income
- 30026
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Encyclopedic overview
Oswego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 117,525. The county seat is Oswego. The county name is from a Mohawk-language word meaning 'the pouring out place', referring to the point at which the Oswego River feeds into Lake Ontario at the northern edge of the county in the city of Oswego. The county is part of the Central New York region of the state.
Oswego County is part of the Syracuse metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oswego County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.