Steuben County (New York)

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Steuben County Courthouse
Steuben County Courthouse
administration
US state : new York
Administrative headquarters : Bath
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		3 East Pulteney Square
Bath, NY 14810
Foundation : March 18, 1796
Made up from: Ontario County
Area code : 001 607
Demographics
Residents : 98,726  (2000)
Population density : 27.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 3637 km²
Water surface : 30 km²
map
Map of Steuben County within New York
Website : www.steubencony.org

Steuben County is a county in the state of New York in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 98,726 people and a population density of 27 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Bath .

history

The county was named in honor of General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, who came from Prussia , and was founded on March 18, 1796.

The Benjamin Patterson Inn (2012) is one of 56 properties in the county on the National Register of Historic Places .

A total of 56 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 21, 2018).

geography

The county has an area of ​​3,637 square kilometers, of which 30 square kilometers are water.

Cities and towns

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Steuben County (New York) ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 290 .
  3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 21, 2018.

Web links

Commons : Steuben County, New York  - collection of images, videos, and audio files
Wikivoyage: Steuben County (New York)  - Travel Guide

Coordinates: 42 ° 16 ′  N , 77 ° 23 ′  W