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Welcome to Seneca County ...

Time Zone: Seneca County lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Waterloo is the Seat for Seneca County.

Seneca County was founded in 1804 and was created by taking area from Cayuga County.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Seneca had a population of 34,016 people. This is a decrease of 3.54% since the last Census (which gave a population of 35,266 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Seneca represented 0.18% of the total population of New York.

Below are some of the communities located in Seneca County:

  • Covert
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Covert is located in Seneca County (NY)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,089 people
  • Fayette
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Fayette is located in Seneca County (NY)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,767 people
  • Interlaken
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Interlaken is located in Seneca County (NY)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
    • Former names for Interlaken:
    • Farmer Village
    • Farmer
    • Farmerville
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  • Junius
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Junius is located in Seneca County (NY)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,429 people
  • Lodi
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Lodi is located in Seneca County (NY)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodi <2>
  • Ovid
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Ovid is located in Seneca County (NY)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
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  • Romulus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Romulus is located in Seneca County (NY)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,169 people
  • Seneca Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Seneca Falls is located in Seneca County (NY)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,615 people
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Tyre
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Tyre is located in Seneca County (NY)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,054 people
    • Varick
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Varick is located in Seneca County (NY)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,791 people
    • Waterloo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.
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