![]() ![]() On March 12, 1772, what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. It was reduced in size on July 3, 1766, by the creation of Cumberland County, and further on March 16, 1770, by the creation of Gloucester County, both containing territory now in Vermont. ![]() This enormous county included the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of Vermont and, in theory, extended westward to the Pacific Ocean. ![]() When counties were established in New York in 1683, the present Onondaga County was part of Albany County. The federally recognized Onondaga Nation has a 9.3 square miles (24 km 2) reservation within the county, on which they have self-government. The word means "People of the Hills." Sometimes the term was Onondagaono ("The People of the Hills"). They called themselves ( autonym) Onoda'gega, sometimes spelled Onontakeka. The name Onondaga derives from the name of the Native American tribe who lived in this area at the time of European contact, one of the original Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee. ![]()
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