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Syracuse is the county seat of Onondaga County in Central New York, and it was named after Syracuse, Sicily, the city on the Italian island of Sicily.

Syracuse is known as 'The Salt City' because salt production was once its main industry - until 1900, the bulk of the salt used in the United States came from Syracuse.

The salt came from brine springs around Onondaga Lake, and the opening of the Erie Canal caused a steep increase in salt sales because curing pork for New York farms required salt.

Syracuse sits on the former lands of the Onondaga Nation and grew at a major crossroads, first of the Erie Canal and its branch canals, and then of the railway network.

The Village of Syracuse was officially incorporated in 1825, and on December 14, 1847, the villages of Syracuse and Salina were combined into the City of Syracuse.

The city's first weekly newspaper, the Onondaga Register, published its first issue on September 17, 1814.

Syracuse had a population of 148,620 at the 2020 census, and its metropolitan area had 662,057 people, making it the economic and educational hub of Central New York.

Syracuse peaked at 220,583 residents in the 1950 census before decades of decline, and its population grew again slightly between 2010 and 2020.

Syracuse has about 59,800 households according to Census Bureau figures for 2020-2024, and only about 41.6% of its homes are owner-occupied.

Syracuse is home to Syracuse University, a private research university established in 1870 on University Hill, whose Orange teams compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference.