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When Orleans County was formed in 1824, a dispute arose about naming it after President Andrew Jackson or President John Adams. During and following the Napoleonic era in France, numerous French refugees came to New York, some settling in the upstate areas. The county received its name at the insistence of Nehemiah Ingersoll though historians are unsure how the name was selected. The two competing theories are that it was named to honor the French Royal House of Orleans or that it was to honor Andrew Jackson's victory in New Orleans.
Adjacent Counties
Towns, Villages & Hamlets
Albion (County Seat) | Ashwood | Barre | Barre Center | Brockville | Carleton | Childs | Clarendon | County Line | Eagle Harbor | East Shelby | Fancher | Gaines | Hindsburg | Holley | Hulberton | Jeddo | Kendall | Kendall Mills | Kenyonville | Knowlesville | Kuckville | Lyndonville | Medina | Millers | Millville | Murray | Oak Orchard | Ridgeway | Sawyer | Shelby | Shelby Center | Yates | Yates Center
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