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Orleans County, New York
Orleans County Courthouse, Albion, NY — CC BY-SA 3.0, Daniel Case · source

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About Orleans County

Orleans County is a county in the western part of the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,343. The county seat is Albion. The county received its name at the insistence of Nehemiah Ingersoll though historians are unsure how the name was selected. The two competing theories are that it was named to honor the French Royal House of Orleans or that it was to honor Andrew Jackson's victory in New Orleans.

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Facts

Orleans County at a glance

County seat
Albion
Population
40,343 (2020)
Land area
817 sq mi
Founded
1824

Communities

Largest communities in Orleans County

  1. Albion County seat7,639
  2. Ridgeway6,598
  3. Medina6,047
  4. Shelby4,907
  5. Murray4,796

Background

History of Orleans County

When counties were established by the British authorities in the province of New York in 1683, the present Orleans County was part of the territory of Albany County. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of present-day New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean. This county was reduced in size on July 3, 1766, by the creation of Cumberland County, and further on March 16, 1770, by the creation of Gloucester County, both containing territory now in Vermont. On March 12, 1772, the remaining Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. Tryon County contained the large western portion (and thus, since no western boundary was specified, theoretically still extended west to the Pacific).

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