X-Nico

5 unusual facts about Onondaga County


Clarkston, Michigan

Jeremiah Clark, from Onondaga County, New York, came to Detroit in 1831, and in the autumn of 1832 located on section 7 in Independence Township where he built a log cabin.

Jack's Reef pentagonal projectile point

They derive their name from the specimens found at the Jack's Reef site in Onondaga County, New York.

John Francis Hemenway

He was the son of Lucy Francis and Seneca C. Hemenway and was born in Onondaga County, New York.

Sandra L. Townes

Following law school graduation, Townes working with the Onondaga County, New York District Attorney's Office as Assistant district attorney from 1977 to 1983 and was promoted to Senior assistant district attorney from 1983 to 1986 and became Chief assistant district attorney from 1986 to 1987.

United States presidential election in New York, 1912

Taft's most significant wins in the state were his victories in Albany County, home to the state capital of Albany, and Onondaga County, home to the city of Syracuse, while most of his victories came from the many rural counties upstate.


Holland S. Duell

Holland Sackett Duell (January 29, 1881 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York – November 25, 1942 in Larchmont, Westchester County, New York) was an American lawyer, US Army officer and politician from New York.

Italians in Syracuse, New York

The Italian first settled in the territory of Onondaga County in the early 1880s during the construction of the West Shore Railroad.

New York's 25th congressional district election, 2008

The race featured Democratic Party nominee Dan Maffei, who narrowly lost to incumbent Jim Walsh for the same seat in 2006, Republican Party nominee Dale Sweetland, former Chairman of the Onondaga County Legislature, and Green Party nominee Howie Hawkins, Green Party founder and frequent political candidate.

Spafford, New York

Although situated in a remote corner of Onondaga County, somewhat isolated by two of the Finger Lakes, residential development is expanding into the town from adjacent Skaneateles.


see also

Ives House

Dr. John Ives House, Jamesville, New York, listed on the NRHP in Onondaga County, New Yorke

John Mulroy

John H. Mulroy, the first county executive of Onondaga County, New York

Mattydale

Mattydale, New York, a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Onondaga County, New York, United States.

New York's 25th congressional district election, 2008

After it appeared he might run unopposed in the general election, on April 2 Republican Dale Sweetland, coming off a narrowly unsuccessful September 2007 bid for Onondaga County Executive, announced he'd oppose Maffei.

Sainte Marie among the Iroquois

This is due to the Onondaga County Parks, led by the Parks Commissioner William Lansley, County Executive Joanne Moahoney, and retiring Onondaga County Legislature Chair James Rhinehart seeking to turn half of the second floor display area into rentable offices for the Onondaga County Soil & Water Conservation District.

Springfield Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania

A notable example of its past is passage through Springfield for work related to the canal of James Hutchinson Woodworth, a former farmer and teacher from Onondaga County, New York, who was making his way West to Chicago where he finally settled and eventually become Mayor.

Stickley House

Gustav Stickley House, Syracuse, New York, listed on the NRHP in Onondaga County, New York