Our County

Schuyler County was named after Phillip John Schuyler, a general in the French and Indian War and a member of the Continental Congress. Schuyler's acreage is part of the Finger Lakes area acquired from the Iroquois Confederacy at the order of the new U.S. government. Schuyler County became a reality by state law in April 1854, an act effective January 1, 1855. At that time, there were seven townships in the 342-square mile county. Today there are eight townships with a population of approximately 19,200.

As plans were laid to form Schuyler County, political, geographical and personal factions vied for the prestige and power of being chosen as county seat. The sometimes-eruptive dispute was responsible for appropriate edifices being erected in both principal villages, today known as Watkins Glen and Montour Falls. Ultimately, the "war" ended with the Village of Watkins Glen being triumphant in 1877.

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