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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 ...
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.
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]
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 ...
Cayuga Lake ( / kəˈjuːɡə /, / keɪˈjuːɡə / or / kaɪˈjuːɡə /) is the longest of central New York 's glacial Finger Lakes, and is the second largest in surface area (marginally smaller than Seneca Lake) and second largest in volume. It is just under 39 miles (63 km) long.
New York State growing seasons have significant variations depending on the region. The Adirondacks, which encompasses hardiness zones 3 to 4, have the shortest growing season. Central New York, Western New York, the Catskills, and Mid-Hudson Valley encompass growing zones 5 to 6 and have much longer growing seasons and therefore more agriculture.
History of New York (state) A historical juxtaposition: a replica of Henry Hudson 's 17th-century Halve Maen passes modern-day lower Manhattan where the original ship would have sailed while investigating New York harbor. The history of New York begins around 10,000 B.C. when the first people arrived.
Griffiss Air Force Base is located in central New York state at Rome, in the Mohawk Valley, among the Mohawk River, Six Mile Creek and the New York State Barge Canal. History. On 3 April 1941, the War Department began looking for an area to construct an air depot in central New York. Orders to begin construction came from the War Department on ...