Cayuga County 📍

Cayuga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It was named for one of the tribes of Indians in the Iroquois Confederation. As of the 2010 census, the population was 80,026. Its county seat is Auburn.

Cayuga County is located in the west central part of the state, in the Finger Lakes region. Owasco Lake is in the center of the county, and Cayuga Lake forms part of the western boundary. Lake Ontario is on the northern border, and Skaneateles Lake and Cross Lake form part of the eastern border. Cayuga County has more waterfront land than any other county in the state not adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayuga_County,_New_York

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Hannibal Land Use

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While much of Northern Cayuga is cropland, when you get up towards Hannibal and Martsville, the land is more swampy and not great for farming so more of it is wooded and not planted.

Thematic Map: Average Hottest Day of the Year in NYS 2006-2020
Thematic Map: Percentage of Municipality Forested
SVGZ Graphic: Town of Bethlehem - Population Density
Thematic Map: Elevation of New York State
Terrain Map: Point Au Roche
Map: Gilman Lake

Auburn Arterial

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Forty years ago, Auburn was in the midst of one of the most transformative periods in its history: urban renewal.

The transformation mostly consisted of three distinct but inseparable components: the demolition and replacement of several downtown buildings through the City Center Urban Renewal Project, the construction of the Arterial highway and the creation of Loop Road.

Even today, conflicting feelings linger over the transformation — many of which concern how Auburn, with assistance from the state and federal governments, accomplished it.

Read more about the history of Urban Renewal in Auburn. https://auburnpub.com/news/local/auburns-great-divide-how-urban-renewal-the-arterial-have-affected-the-city/article_99f07eeb-81b8-53a7-b164-1c126e840991.html
Map: Green Mountain National Forest North