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  2. Central New York - Wikipedia

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    Central New York is the central region of New York state, including: Auburn in Cayuga County. Cortland in Cortland County. Oneida in Madison County. Syracuse, the largest city of Central New York, in Onondaga County. Fulton and Oswego in Oswego County. With a population of about 784,283 as of 2020 and an area of 3,715 square miles (9,620 km 2 ...

  3. Central New York Region - Wikipedia

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    The Central New York Region [1] (formerly the Central-Leatherstocking Region, also known as Leatherstocking Country) is a term used by the New York State Department of Economic Development to broadly describe the central region of New York for tourism purposes. [2] The region roughly corresponds to the Mohawk and upper Susquehanna valleys.

  4. List of lakes of New York - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of lakes in the state of New York in the United States.Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. Beaverdam Lake Great Sacandaga Lake Lake Champlain Lake Flower Lake Kanawauke Lake Placid Lower Saranac Lake Notch Lake Lake Otsego Upper St Regis Lake Upper Saranac Lake looking north

  5. Upstate New York - Wikipedia

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    Upstate New York is a geographic region of New York that lies north and northwest of the New York City metropolitan area of downstate New York. [1] [2] Upstate includes the upper Hudson Valley, the Capital District, the Mohawk Valley region, Central New York, the Southern Tier, the Finger Lakes region, Western New York, and the North Country.

  6. Burned-over district - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the counties of New York considered part of the "Burned-over District" The term "burned-over district" refers to the western and parts of the central regions of New York State in the early 19th century, where religious revivals and the formation of new religious movements of the Second Great Awakening took place, to such a great extent that spiritual fervor seemed to set the area ...

  7. Geography of New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    Location and size Location of New York in the United States. New York is located in the northeastern United States, in the Mid-Atlantic Census Bureau division. New York covers an area of 54,556 square miles (141,299 km 2) making it the 27th largest state by total area (but 30th by land area).

  8. List of counties in New York - Wikipedia

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    They are New York County ( Manhattan ), Kings County ( Brooklyn ), Bronx County ( The Bronx ), Richmond County ( Staten Island ), and Queens County ( Queens ). In contrast to other counties of New York, the powers of the five boroughs of New York City are very limited and in nearly all respects are governed by the city government. [5]

  9. New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    New York, sometimes called New York State, [b] is a state in the Northeastern United States. One of the Mid-Atlantic states, it borders the Atlantic Ocean, New England, Canada and the Great Lakes. [c] With almost 19.6 million residents, it is the fourth-most populous state in the United States and eighth-most densely populated as of 2023. [5]