Editing Genesee County, New York (section)

===New York State===
It was not until the [[Holland Purchase]] of 1793 that Western New York was enforced as the territory of New York State. Land in the region was sold through the [[Holland Land Company]]'s office in [[Batavia, New York|Batavia]], starting in 1801. All the land in [[Western New York]] was in the newly created Genesee County, and all of that was in the single town of [[Batavia (town), New York|Batavia]].

Genesee County was created by a [[Partition (politics)|partition]] of {{convert|7100|sqmi|km2}} of land from [[ontario County, New York|Ontario County]]. The county was not fully organized so it remained under the supervision of Ontario County until it achieved full organization and separation during March 1803.<ref name="NYLAWS GENESSEE 1802">New York. ''Laws of New York.'':1802, 25th Session, Chapter 64, Page 97.</ref>

On April 7, 1806, Genesee's area was reduced to {{convert|5550|sqmi|km2}} due to a partition that created [[Allegany County, New York|Allegany County]].<ref name="NYLAWS GENESSEE 1806">New York. ''Laws of New York.'':1806, 29th Session, Chapter 162, Section 1, Page 604.</ref> On March 8, 1808, Genesee's area was again reduced, this time to {{convert|1650|sqmi|km2}} due to a partition that created [[Cattaraugus County, New York|Cattaraugus]], [[Chautauqua County, New York|Chautauqua]], and [[Niagara County, New York|Niagara Counties]].<ref name="NYLAWS GENESSEE 1808">New York. ''Laws of New York.'':1808, 31st Session, Chapter 15, Page 254.</ref> On February 23, 1821, Genesee's area was again reduced, this time to {{convert|1450|sqmi|km2}} due a complex partition that produced [[Livingston County, New York|Livingston]]<ref name="NYLAWS GENESSEE 1821a">New York. ''Laws of New York.'':1820, 44th Session, Chapter 58, Section 1, Page 50.</ref>  and [[Monroe County, New York|Monroe Counties]].<ref name="NYLAWS GENESSEE 1821b">New York. ''Laws of New York.'':1820, 44th Session, Chapter 57, Section 1, Page 46.</ref> On April 15, 1825, another partition reduced Genesee's area to {{convert|1030|sqmi|km2}} in the creation of [[Orleans County, New York|Orleans County]].<ref name="NYLAWS GENESSEE 1825a">New York. ''Laws of New York.'':1824, 47th Session, Chapter 266, Section 1, Page 326.</ref><ref name="NYLAWS GENESSEE 1825b">New York. ''Laws of New York.'':1825, 48th Session, Chapter 181, Sections 1 & 2, Page 273.</ref> On May 1, 1826, the Orleans partition was again surveyed, with {{convert|10|sqmi|km2}} of land along the western half of the Orleans/Genesee border returned to Genesee.<ref name="NYLAWS GENESSEE 1826">New York. ''Laws of New York.'':1826, 49th Session, Chapter 269, Page 302.</ref> On March 19, 1841, Genesee's area was again reduced, this time to the {{convert|500|sqmi|km2}} it remains to this day due to the partitioning to create [[Wyoming County, New York|Wyoming County]].<ref name="NYLAWS GENESSEE 1841">New York. ''Laws of New York.'':1841, 64th Session, Chapter 196, Section 1, Page 169.</ref>