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Yates County
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county in New York, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- Founded
- February 5, 1823
- Named after
- Joseph C. Yates
- Seat
- Penn Yan
- Largest village
- Penn Yan
- Total
- 376 sq mi (970 km )
- Land
- 338 sq mi (880 km )
- Water
- 38 sq mi (98 km ) 10%
- Estimate 2025
- 24,547
- Density
- 73.3/sq mi (28.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 24th
- Website
- www .yatescountyny .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Joseph Christopher Yates
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- New York
- Capital
- Penn Yan
- Population
- 24774
- Area
- 974
- Shares border with
- Steuben County
- Official website
- www.yatescountyny.gov
- Image
- Yates County Courthouse, Penn Yan NY 01.JPG
- Households
- 8901
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- topic's main category
- Category:Yates County, New York
- Commons category
- Yates County, New York
- inception
- 1823-02-05
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Yates County, New York
- water as percent of area
- 10
- native label
- Yates County
- different from
- Yates
- per capita income
- 28001
- freedom of information requests URL
- www.yatescountyny.gov/FormCenter/FOIL-Request-15/Yates-County-FOIL-Request-82
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Encyclopedic overview
Yates County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 24,774, making it the third-least populous county in New York. The county seat is Penn Yan. The name is in honor of Joseph C. Yates, who as Governor of New York signed the act establishing the county. The county is part of the Finger Lakes region of the state.
Yates County is included in the Rochester, New York Metropolitan Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yates County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.