Historic Sites in Orleans County, New York

viii, 216 pp. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps. Orleans County is a county in the western part of the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,343. The county seat is Albion. The county received its name at the insistence of Nehemiah Ingersoll though historians are unsure how the name was selected. The two competing theories are that it was named to honor the French Royal House of Orleans or that it was to honor Andrew Jackson's victory in New Orleans. Located on the south shore of Lake Ontario, Orleans County since the late 20th century has been considered part of the Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area. CONTENTS: Orleans County; Township of Clarendon; Township of Murray; Township of Kendall; Township of Carlton; Township of Gaines; Township of Albion; Township of Barre; Township of Shelby; Township of Ridgeway; Township of Yates; Index.