Yates County

administration
Courthouse in the Yates County Courthouse Park District (2015). This Historic District is one of 65 entries for the county on the National Register of Historic Places .
US state :	new York
Administrative headquarters :	Penn Yan
Address of the administrative headquarters:	417 Liberty St. Penn Yan, NY 14527
Foundation :	February 5, 1823
Made up from:	Ontario County , Steuben County
Area code :	001 315
Demographics
Residents :	25,348 (2010)
Population density :	28.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	973 km²
Water surface :	97 km²
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Yates County is a county in the state of New York in the United States . At the 2010 census , the county had 25,348 residents and a population density of 28.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Penn Yan .

history

The county is named after Joseph C. Yates , a former governor of New York . It was founded on February 5, 1823.

A total of 65 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 21, 2018).

The county covers an area of 973 square kilometers, of which 97 square kilometers are water.


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Commons : Yates County - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

^ Yates County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011.
↑ 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. 429 .
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 21, 2018.