Niagara County is in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 212,666. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word Onguiaahra; meaning the strait or thunder of waters. Niagara County is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area, and across the Canada–US border is the province of Ontario. It is the location of Niagara Falls and Fort Niagara, and has many parks and lake shore recreation communities. In the summer of 2008, Niagara County celebrated its 200th birthday with the first settlement of the county, of Niagara Falls. History When counties were established in the New York colony in 1683, the present Niagara County was part of Albany County. Prior to the British, the area was part of New Netherland. 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
El condado de Niagara está en el estado estadounidense de Nueva York. A partir del censo de 2020, la población era de 212,666. La sede del condado es Lockport. El nombre del condado proviene de la palabra iroquesa Onguiaahra; lo que significa el estrecho o temblor de las aguas. El condado de Niagara es parte de la zona metropolitana de Buffalo-Niagara Falls, y a través de la frontera Canadá-Estados Unidos es la provincia de Ontario. Es la ubicación de Niagara Falls y Fort Niagara, y tiene muchos parques y comunidades de recreación en la orilla del lago. En el verano de 2008, el condado de Niagara celebró su 200 aniversario con el primer asentamiento del condado, de Niagara Falls. Cuando los condados históricos se establecieron en la colonia de Nueva York en 1683, el actual condado de Niagara era parte del condado de Albany. Antes de los británicos, la parte del área era de Nueva Holanda.