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  2. Upstate New York - Wikipedia

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    Upstate New York is a geographic region of New York that lies north and northwest of the New York City metropolitan area of downstate New York. [1] [2] Upstate includes the middle and upper Hudson Valley, the Capital District, the Mohawk Valley region, Central New York, the Southern Tier, the Finger Lakes region, Western New York, and the North Country.

  3. Rochester, New York - Wikipedia

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    979426[2] Website. cityofrochester.gov. Rochester(/ˈrɒtʃɛstər,-ɪs-/) is a cityin the U.S. stateof New Yorkand the county seatof Monroe County. It is the fourth-most populous cityand 10th most-populated municipality[3]in New York, with a population of 211,328 at the 2020 census.[4] The city forms the core of the larger Rochester ...

  4. Rochester metropolitan area, New York - Wikipedia

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    585, 315/680. The Rochester metropolitan area, denoted the Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area by the United States Census Bureau, is a metropolitan statistical area consisting of six counties in Western New York, anchored by the city of Rochester, New York. Many counties are mainly rural with various farming communities scattered ...

  5. Western New York - Wikipedia

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    Western New York is in some contexts considered a sub-region of "Upstate New York" (when that term is used to describe all of New York State outside Long Island and the New York City metropolitan area); in most cases however, New Yorkers identify by specific regionalities such as Western New York or Central New York in preference to the vague ...

  6. History of Rochester, New York - Wikipedia

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    History of Rochester, New York. An aerial view of downtown Rochester from 1938. Urban Rochester as seen from the air. Settlement of the city of Rochester in western New York State began in the late 18th century, and the city flourished with the opening of the Erie Canal. It became a major manufacturing center, and attracted many Italians ...

  7. List of counties in New York - Wikipedia

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    They are New York County (Manhattan), Kings County (Brooklyn), Bronx County (The Bronx), Richmond County (Staten Island), and Queens County (Queens). In contrast to other counties of New York, the powers of the five boroughs of New York City are very limited and in nearly all respects are governed by the city government. [4]

  8. Finger Lakes - Wikipedia

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    Western New York. v. t. e. The Finger Lakes are a group of eleven long, narrow, roughly north–south lakes located directly south of Lake Ontario in an area called the Finger Lakes region in New York, in the United States. This region straddles the northern and transitional edge of the Northern Allegheny Plateau, known as the Finger Lakes ...

  9. Ulster County, New York - Wikipedia

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    Ulster County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. It is situated along the Hudson River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 181,851. [1] The county seat is Kingston. [2] The county is named after the Irish province of Ulster. The county is part of the Hudson Valley region of the state.