Wyoming

Formed January 1, 1841 (59^th county)

Wyoming County (40,531), Warsaw (3,652) 

The Georgian red brick facility was built in 1843 on Main Street at Court Street.  United States Highway 20 Alternate is three blocks south of the facility.  The building was remodeled in 1892 and enlarged in 1999.  Josiah Hovey is the architect.  The courthouse Annex is the 1999 enlargement.  The county was formed on January 1, 1841 from Genesee County as the 59^th county with Warsaw as the only county seat.  Wyoming County gets its name from the Native American word meaning “broad bottom lands.”  The county seat is named for Warsaw, Poland. 

Wyoming County government consists of a sheriff and 16 Supervisors.  One County Court Judge, One Family Court Judge, and One Surrogate Court Judge serve Wyoming County.  Wyoming County is in the western part of New York.  Buffalo, New York is directly west and Erie, Pennsylvania is southwest of the county. 

The area of the county is 596 square miles.  It is 41 out of 62 in the state.  It ranks 54 out of 62 in population in the state.  It has a density of 68.0 persons per square mile making it 44 out of 62 in the state.  Wyoming County has 34.8% of its population in its incorporated areas.  The county center is 5.2 miles Southwest of Warsaw.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Genesee, Livingston, Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Erie counties.  United States Highway 20 Alternate crosses the county east to west from Livingston County to Erie County.  The county is an overall rectangle with its southeast corner shaved away.  Warsaw is located in the northeast quarter of the county.  Warsaw is the county seat and the largest city.  Warsaw is 9.0% of the county population.