Editing Niagara County, New York (section)

==History==
When counties were established in the [[Province of New York|New York colony]] in 1683, the present Niagara County was part of [[Albany County, New York|Albany County]]. Prior to the British, the area was part of [[New Netherland]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Founding and History of the New York Colony |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/new-york-colony-103878 |access-date=June 8, 2022 |website=ThoughtCo |language=en}}</ref>

Albany was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of [[Vermont]] and, in theory, extending westward to the [[Pacific Ocean]]. This county was reduced in size on July 3, 1766, by the creation of [[Cumberland County, New York|Cumberland County]], and further on March 16, 1770, by the creation of [[Gloucester County, New York|Gloucester County]], both containing territory now in Vermont.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Clute |first=Penelope D. |date=2010 |title=The Historical Society of the New York Courts County Legal History |url=https://www.nycourts.gov/history/legal-history-new-york/documents/clinton-county-history.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217162227/https://www.nycourts.gov/history/legal-history-new-york/documents/clinton-county-history.pdf |archive-date=2022-12-17 |journal=[[Northern New York American- Canadian Genealogical Society]] |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=27 |via=Historical Associations}}</ref>

On March 12, 1772, what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. One of the other pieces, [[Tryon County, New York|Tryon County]], contained the western portion (and thus, since no western boundary was specified, theoretically still extended west to the Pacific). The eastern boundary of Tryon County was approximately five miles west of the present city of [[Schenectady, New York|Schenectady]], and the county included the western part of the [[Adirondack Mountains]] and the area west of the West Branch of the [[Delaware River]]. The area then designated as Tryon County now includes 37 counties of New York State. The county was named for [[William Tryon]], colonial governor of New York.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 21, 2016 |title=Onondaga County |url=https://nymasons.org/site/onondaga-county/ |access-date=June 8, 2022 |website=Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of the State of New York |language=en-US}}</ref>

In the years prior to 1776, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County fled to [[Canada]] including the likes of local judge [[John Butler (pioneer)|John Butler]] and militia commander [[Sir John Johnson, 2nd Baronet|Sir John Johnson]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flashes of Duplin's history and government - ECU Digital Collections |url=https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/13769 |access-date=June 8, 2022 |website=digital.lib.ecu.edu}}</ref> In 1784, following the peace treaty that ended the [[American Revolutionary War]], the name of Tryon County was changed to honor the general, [[Richard Montgomery]], who had captured several places in Canada and died attempting to capture the city of [[Quebec]], replacing the name of the hated British governor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 17, 2017 |title=The Unveiling of Canadian History Vol 2: FORLORN HOPE – Quebec, Nova Scotia, and the War for Independence |url=https://canadianpatriot.org/2017/11/17/the-unveiling-of-canadian-history-vol-3-the-road-to-canada-1774-1789/ |access-date=June 8, 2022 |website=the Canadian patriot |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1789, [[Ontario County, New York|Ontario County]] was split off from Montgomery. In turn, [[Genesee County, New York|Genesee County]] was created from Ontario County in 1802.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=and Archives Center |first=Ontario County Records |date=2014 |title=A Guide for Family and Local History Research |url=https://ontariocountyny.gov/DocumentCenter/View/487/ONTARIO-COUNTY-RAIMS-GUIDE?bidId= |journal=[[Ontario County Records and Archives Center]] |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=49 |via=RECORDS, ARCHIVES, AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES (RAIMS)}}</ref>

Niagara County was created from Genesee County in 1808. It was, however, larger than the present Niagara County even though it consisted of only the Town of Cambria.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Niagara County > County Information |url=https://www.niagaracounty.com/County-Information/Section5311 |access-date=June 8, 2022 |website=www.niagaracounty.com}}</ref>

From 1814 to 1817, records of [[Cattaraugus County, New York|Cattaraugus County]] were divided between [[Belmont, New York|Belmont]] (the [[county seat|seat]] of [[Allegany County, New York|Allegany County]]) and [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] (then in Niagara County). Niagara County governed the western portion of Cattaraugus County, then known as [[Perrysburg, New York|the town of Perry]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Early History of Cattaraugus County: A Brief Overview |url=https://cattco.org/museum/history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608234436/https://cattco.org/museum/history |archive-date=June 8, 2022 |access-date=June 8, 2022 |website=Cattaraugus County}}</ref>

In 1821, [[Erie County, New York|Erie County]] was created from Niagara County.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Erie County History Article – New York Roots |url=https://www.newyorkroots.org/2013/12/06/erie-county-history-article-1/ |access-date=June 8, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>

The county has a number of properties on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Niagara County, New York|National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>