Yates County was created in the year 1823. Named after Joseph C. Yates, Governor of New York, the county covers an area measuring 376 sq mi. the county is domicile to more than 24K people with rich admixture of races including White, Asian, African American, Hispanic or Latino of any race, Native American, Pacific Islander and others, 9K households and 6,200 family units. Penn Yan is the county seat.

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