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50-532: Ellicott Creek originates in southwest corner of Genesee County , just northeast of Darien Lakes State Park , in the Town of Darien . It flows generally west, crossing into Erie County and the Town of Alden . It crosses the northern edge of the Town of Lancaster , flowing through the community of Bowmansville in the northwest part of Lancaster. Continuing west, Ellicott Creek enters the Town of Cheektowaga . There it passes by

100-526: A Superior Court and Sheriff (as an officer of the court ), both located in a designated "shire town". Bennington County, Vermont has two shire towns; the court for "North Shire" is in the shire town Manchester , and the Sheriff for the county and court for "South Shire" are in the shire town Bennington. In 2024, Connecticut , which had not defined their counties for anything but statistical, historical and weather warning purposes since 1960, along with ending

150-410: A county seat may be an independent city surrounded by, but not part of, the county of which it is the administrative center; for example, Fairfax City is both the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia and completely surrounded by Fairfax County, but the city is politically independent of the county. When the county seat is in the independent city, government offices such as the courthouse may be in

200-470: A female householder with no husband present, and 30.50% were non-families. 24.80% of households were made up of individuals, and 11.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.10. 26.10% of the county's population was under the age of 18, 7.50% were from age 18 to 24, 29.50% were from age 25 to 44, 22.60% were from age 45 to 64, and 14.30% were age 65 or older. The median age

250-574: A grass-roots political party that became the nation's first third party. By the 1820s, Freemasonry was prevalent in Genesee County. From 1821 to 1827, half of all county officials were Freemasons. In September 1826, William Morgan , a resident of Batavia, New York, disappeared after having been briefly imprisoned for failure to repay a debt. Morgan had been rejected from the Masonic lodge in Batavia, and, as

300-515: A partition that created Allegany County . On March 8, 1808, Genesee's area was again reduced, this time to 1,650 square miles (4,300 km ) due to a partition that created Cattaraugus , Chautauqua , and Niagara Counties . On February 23, 1821, Genesee's area was again reduced, this time to 1,450 square miles (3,800 km ) due a complex partition that produced Livingston and Monroe Counties . On April 15, 1825, another partition reduced Genesee's area to 1,030 square miles (2,700 km ) in

350-761: A result of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase . Again, the county theoretically extended west to the Pacific Ocean. It was not until the Holland Purchase of 1793 that Western New York was enforced as the territory of New York State. Land in the region was sold through the Holland Land Company 's office in Batavia , starting in 1801. All the land in Western New York was in the newly created Genesee County, and all of that

400-406: A result, threatened to publish a book which exposed the secret rituals of Freemasonry. His disappearance and presumed murder ignited a campaign against Freemasonry. The investigation into Morgan's disappearance confronted major obstacles from government officials and the judiciary- positions that were largely occupied by Freemasons. The Morgan affair combined with existing suspicions and distrust of

450-456: Is in use in five countries: Canada , China , Hungary , Romania , and the United States . An equivalent term, shire town , is used in the U.S. state of Vermont and in several other English-speaking jurisdictions. In Canada , the provinces of Ontario , Quebec , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , and Nova Scotia have counties as an administrative division of government below

500-409: Is known as the seat of its county. Generally, the county legislature, county courthouse, sheriff's department headquarters, hall of records, jail and correctional facility are located in the county seat, though some functions (such as highway maintenance, which usually requires a large garage for vehicles, along with asphalt and salt storage facilities) may also be located or conducted in other parts of

550-513: Is land and 2.4 square miles (6.2 km ) (0.5%) is water. Genesee County is east of Buffalo and southwest of Rochester in the western portion of New York State. Source: Source: Genesee County is governed by a 9–member legislature headed by a chairperson. Genesee County is part of the 8th Judicial District of the New York Supreme Court and the 4th Department of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division . Genesee County

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600-728: Is part of the Finger Lakes region of the state. Genesee County comprises the Batavia, NY micropolitan statistical area , which is also in the Rochester -Batavia- Seneca Falls , NY combined statistical area . It is in Western New York . It is the namesake of Genesee County, Michigan ; that is, the Michigan county was named for Genesee County, New York. The archaeological record at the Hiscock Site , in Byron, New York goes back 10,000 to 12,000 years to

650-509: Is solidly Republican at the Presidential level with Lyndon Johnson in 1964 being the only Democrat to ever carry the county. Since then the closest a Democrat has gotten to winning the county was Bill Clinton in 1996 when he lost to Bob Dole by 3 percent. In 2020 Donald Trump received 64.6 percent of the vote which was the best result for a Republican since 1984 when Ronald Reagan received 65.8 percent. The primary law enforcement agency

700-480: Is the Genesee County Sheriff's Office . In most counties in N.Y., the undersheriff is the warden of the county jail . In Genesee County, the sheriff has ultimate authority to operate the 80-bed county jail, built in 1985. In this county, rather than an undersheriff, it is managed by a "jail superintendent" with 27 other employees and managers. The current Genesee County Jail was built in 1985. As of

750-520: The Ice Age . Researchers have found a variety of humanmade tools, ceramics, metal, and leather, along with a mastodon jaw, tusks, and teeth and assorted animal bones, indicating long occupation of the site. This site is among North America's most important for archaeological artifacts from the Ice Age. Different Indigenous peoples lived in the area for thousands of years. Centuries before European arrival,

800-628: The Iroquoian -speaking Seneca Nation developed in the central part of present-day New York; it became one of the first Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy). Beginning in 1639 and lasting for the rest of the century, the Seneca led an invasion of Western New York, driving out the existing tribes of Wenro , Erie and Neutrals . When counties were established in New York State in 1683,

850-478: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo ): Genesee Community College has its main campus in the Town of Batavia . † - County Seat ‡ - Not Wholly in this County 43°00′N 78°11′W  /  43.00°N 78.19°W  / 43.00; -78.19 County seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government , or capital city of a county or civil parish . The term

900-505: The 2000 census , there were 60,370 people, 22,770 households, and 15,825 families residing in the county. The population density was 122 people per square mile (47 people/km ). There were 24,190 housing units, with an average density of 49 units per square mile (19/km ). The county's racial makeup was 94.69% White , 2.13% Black or African American , 0.78% Native American , 0.48% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 0.71% from other races , and 1.18% from two or more races. 1.50% of

950-935: The United States, followed by Towson , the county seat of Baltimore County, Maryland . Likewise, some county seats may not be incorporated in their own right, but are located within incorporated municipalities. For example, Cape May Court House, New Jersey , though unincorporated, is a section of Middle Township , an incorporated municipality. In some states, often those that were among the original Thirteen Colonies , county seats include or formerly included "Court House" as part of their name, such as Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia . Most counties have only one county seat. However, some counties in Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Iowa , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Mississippi , Missouri , New Hampshire , New York , and Vermont have two or more county seats, usually located on opposite sides of

1000-517: The counties after his unification, there were about 1,000. Under the Eastern Han dynasty , the number of counties increased to above 1,000. About 1400 existed when the Sui dynasty abolished the commandery level (郡 jùn), which was the level just above counties, and demoted some commanderies to counties. In Imperial China, the county was a significant administrative unit because it marked the lowest level of

1050-418: The county, especially if it is geographically large. A county seat is usually an incorporated municipality . The exceptions include the county seats of counties that have no incorporated municipalities within their borders, such as Arlington County, Virginia , where the county seat is the entire county. Ellicott City , the county seat of Howard County, Maryland , is the largest unincorporated county seat in

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1100-420: The county. Examples include Harrison County, Mississippi , which has both Biloxi and Gulfport as county seats, and Hinds County, Mississippi , which has both Raymond and the state capital of Jackson . The practice of multiple county seat towns dates from the days when travel was difficult. There have been few efforts to eliminate the two-seat arrangement, since a county seat is a source of civic pride for

1150-516: The creation of Orleans County . On May 1, 1826, the Orleans partition was again surveyed, with 10 square miles (26 km ) of land along the western half of the Orleans/Genesee border returned to Genesee. On March 19, 1841, Genesee's area was again reduced, this time to the 500 square miles (1,300 km ) it remains to this day due to the partitioning to create Wyoming County . Genesee County

1200-596: The expansion of political participation. The party leaders made the Antimasonic Party, and later the Whig Party, a great success in Genesee County and other neighboring counties. In 2009, the City and Town of Batavia began exploring ways to merge or consolidate governmental systems. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 495 square miles (1,280 km ), of which 493 square miles (1,280 km )

1250-483: The fraternity. The party was originally associated with populist rhetoric, however, strong Antimasonic sentiment throughout the county correlated with positive economic developments and high population densities. Larger towns, such as Batavia , the county seat and Le Roy, harbored the strongest support for the party. The timing of the creation of the Antimasonic Party coincided with a time in New York politics that encouraged

1300-424: The imperial bureaucratic structure; in other words, it was the lowest level that the government reached. Government below the county level was often undertaken through informal non-bureaucratic means, varying between dynasties. The head of a county was the magistrate , who oversaw both the day-to-day operations of the county as well as civil and criminal cases. The current number of counties mostly resembled that of

1350-572: The increase of Han Chinese population in Taiwan, the number of counties also grew by time. By the end of Qing era, there were 11 counties in Taiwan. Protestant missionaries in China first romanized the term as hien . When Taiwan became a Japanese colony in 1895, the hierarchy of divisions also incorporated into the Japanese system in the period when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. By September 1945, Taiwan

1400-611: The independent city under an agreement, such as in Albemarle , or may in be enclaves of the county surrounded by the independent city, such as in Fairfax . Others, such as Prince William , have the courthouse in an enclave surrounded by the independent city and have the county government, the Board of Supervisors, in a different part of the county, far from the county seat. The following counties have their county seat in an independent city: Bedford

1450-732: The later years of the Qing dynasty . Changes of location and names of counties in Chinese history have been a major field of research in Chinese historical geography, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s. There are 1,355 counties in Mainland China out of a total of 2,851 county-level divisions. In Taiwan , the first counties were first established in 1661 by the Kingdom of Tungning . The later ruler Qing empire inherited this type of administrative divisions. With

1500-789: The mouth of Ellicott Creek to the Niagara River is about 0.5 miles (0.80 km). Ellicott Creek is named after Joseph Ellicott , an important agent of the Holland Land Company . Ellicott played a significant role in opening Western New York up for settlement after the Iroquois ceded their claims in the 1780s, more significantly in the Big Tree Treaty with the Seneca nation . Elicott surveyed most of Holland Purchase into townships and saleable land parcels. Niagara River surface fluctuations influence creek water level up to 7 miles (11 km) upstream of

1550-586: The mouth of Ellicott Creek. Ellicott Creek Bike Path follows the creek in the Town of Amherst , near the University at Buffalo (UB) and flows under Interstate 990 before leaving Amherst by crossing U.S. Route 62 (Niagara Falls Boulevard) to enter the Town of Tonawanda at Ellicott Creek Park. In 1990, the Ellicott Creek Bike Path was the last known location where Linda Yalem—a UB sophomore running on

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1600-435: The northern edge of the campus of the University at Buffalo , after which the creek turns to the west and crosses under Interstate 990 (Lockport Expressway). Just west of I-990 the creek splits into two channels for about 1.25 miles (2.01 km). The northern channel is deeper, has been more thoroughly channelized and is bordered by commercial land use, while the southern channel is fairly sinuous and contains more trees in

1650-474: The path—was alive before being raped and killed by Altemio Sanchez . Genesee County, New York Genesee County is a county in the U.S. state of New York . As of the 2020 census , the population was 58,388. Its county seat is Batavia . Its name is from Seneca word Gen-nis'-hee-yo, meaning "the Beautiful Valley". The county was created in 1802 and organized in 1803. The county

1700-409: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 25.0% were of German , 15.2% Italian , 13.5% English , 13.1% Irish , 8.9% Polish and 5.6% American ancestry according to Census 2000 . 96.5% spoke English and 1.5% Spanish as their first language. There were 22,770 households, of which 33.30% had children under the age of 18. 55.4% were married couples living together, 9.80% had

1750-466: The present Genesee County was part of Albany County . This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extending westward to the Pacific Ocean . On March 12, 1772, what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. One of the other pieces, Tryon County , contained

1800-752: The provincial level, and thus county seats. In the provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia the term "shire town" is used in place of county seat. County seats in China are the administrative centers of the counties in the People's Republic of China . Xian have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin dynasty . The number of counties in China proper gradually increased from dynasty to dynasty. As Qin Shi Huang reorganized

1850-454: The rest of the "burned-over district." The Antimasonic Party found strong support within Genesee County from 1827 to 1833. The party averaged 69 percent of the vote and won every county office. After continuous domination of Masonic politicians, citizens saw Antimasonry as a solution and an opportunity to restore justice and republicanism. The Baptist and Presbyterian churches favored Antimasonry and encouraged their members to renounce ties with

1900-569: The riparian zone. After these channels rejoin, Ellicott Creek it enters the Town of Tonawanda and passes through Ellicott Creek Park . Ellicott Creek continues west for approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) before emptying into Tonawanda Creek in the City of Tonawanda . This portion of Tonawanda Creek is also part of the Erie Canal . Tonawanda Creek then empties into the Niagara River . The distance from

1950-416: The secrecy of Freemasonry initiated mass meetings throughout the county to decide how the issue of Freemasonry should be handled. The Antimasonry crusade's original goal was to oust Masons from political offices. Through the political guidance of party organizers, such as Thurlow Weed and William H. Seward , the crusade developed into a political party that enjoyed a political stronghold in Genesee County and

2000-764: The state's area, has no borough government or borough seat. One borough, the Lake and Peninsula Borough , has its borough seat located in another borough, namely King Salmon in Bristol Bay Borough . In Louisiana , which is divided into parishes rather than counties, county seats are referred to as "parish seats". In New England , counties have served mainly as dividing lines for the states' judicial systems. Rhode Island has no county level of government and thus no county seats, and Massachusetts has dissolved many but not all of its county governments. In Vermont , Massachusetts , and Maine county government consists only of

2050-416: The towns involved, along with providing employment opportunities. There are 33 counties with multiple county seats in 11 states: Alaska is divided into boroughs rather than counties; the county seat in these case is referred to as the "borough seat"; this includes six consolidated city-borough governments (one of which is styled as a "municipality"). The Unorganized Borough, Alaska , which covers 49% of

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2100-546: The toxic Pfohl Brothers Landfill and the Buffalo Niagara International Airport . The creek turns to the northwest at the airport. It flows under one of the runways via a tunnel. It then turns more directly north and enters the Village of Williamsville and the Town of Amherst . At Williamsville's Island Park Ellicott Creek splits briefly into two channels, one of which contains floodgates. The other channel

2150-607: The use of county seats in particular, will fully transition with the permission of the United States Census Bureau to a system of councils of government for the purposes of boundary definition and as county equivalents. Two counties in South Dakota , Oglala Lakota and Todd , have their county seat and government services centered in a neighboring county. Their county-level services are provided by Fall River County and Tripp County , respectively. In Virginia ,

2200-588: The western portion (and thus, since no western boundary was specified, theoretically still extended west to the Pacific). In 1784 Tryon County was renamed as Montgomery County . Around this time, the Pennsylvania Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony also claimed the territory as their own, but New York did not enforce its territorial claim. In 1789 Ontario County was split off from Montgomery as

2250-468: Was $ 18,498. About 5.60% of families and 7.60% of the population were below the poverty line , including 9.00% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over. The county has eight public school districts: It has one state-operated school: New York State School for the Blind Several private schools at the primary and secondary levels are also maintained (Catholic schools are affiliated with

2300-412: Was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.00 males. The U.S. Census in 2000 showed the county had a 63.7% employment rate and 2.9% were unemployed. The median household income was $ 40,542, and the median family income was $ 47,771. Males had a median income of $ 34,430 versus $ 23,788 for females. The county's per capita income

2350-568: Was divided into 8 prefectures ( 州 and 廳 ), which remained after the Republic of China took over. There are 13 county seats in Taiwan, which function as county-administered cities , urban townships , or rural townships . In most of the United States , a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The city, town, or populated place that houses county government

2400-523: Was historically used to divert water into flumes for powering mills just downstream. Below the floodgates the creek flows rapidly north, passing under State Route 5 and falling over the Onondaga Escarpment at Glen Falls in Amherst State Park . After Glen Falls, Ellicott Creek continues flowing generally north and northwest through Amherst. It passes by several golf courses and then through

2450-408: Was in the single town of Batavia . Genesee County was created by a partition of 7,100 square miles (18,000 km ) of land from Ontario County . The county was not fully organized so it remained under the supervision of Ontario County until it achieved full organization and separation during March 1803. On April 7, 1806, Genesee's area was reduced to 5,550 square miles (14,400 km ) due to

2500-494: Was included in the 19th century " burned-over district " — the Western region of New York consumed by religious revivals and characterized by "the evangelical desire to convert the entire American population to Christianity and to create a 'moral, homogeneous commonwealth.'" This religious moral crusade provided the social atmosphere that allowed antimasonic sentiment to gain momentum as a significant church-oriented movement and, later,

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