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  1. As of the 2020 census, the population was 117,525. [2] The county seat is Oswego. [3] The county name is from a Mohawk-language word meaning "the pouring out place", referring to the point at which the Oswego River feeds into Lake Ontario at the northern edge of the county in the city of Oswego.

  2. Oswego County was established in 1816 through an act of the New York State Legislature. It is comprised of two cities, 10 villages and 22 towns across 968 square miles of land.

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  4. Explore Oswego / History. Oswego boasts a heritage that stretches back beyond written history. Indians, of course, lived in the area for several thousand years, possibly as long ago as 7,000 B.C., following the retreat of the last glacier. The Iroquois represented the final period of Indian culture, migrating here from the Mississippi River ...

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