Lockport NY
Niagara Falls NY
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Niagara County, New York

Niagara County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 216,469.[1] The county seat is Lockport.[2] The county name is from the Iroquois word Onguiaahra; meaning the strait or thunder of waters.[3]

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 town of the county, Town of Cambria.