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      About Syracuse - Faces Of Syracuse
      • Located in Central New York, Syracuse originated from the lands of a Native American tribe called the Onondaga Nation, whose presence remains influential in Syracuse today. Officially established as a village by European settlers in 1825, Syracuse was named after the Greek city Syracuse, a city on the eastern coast of the Italian island of Sicily.
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  2. The Italian immigrants that settled in Syracuse, New York, however must have wondered how this upstate locale wound up with the name of that Sicilian town. In some regards, it is not surprising, but in the case of Syracuse, it has an interesting tale and a bit of a twist.

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  3. Feb 22, 2015 · Syracuse had previously been known as Corinth, but because a town of Corinth already existed in Saratoga County, the citizens had to come up with a different name in order for the federal...

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  4. The name Syracuse was chosen, after Syracuse, Sicily, because of similarities such as a salt industry and a neighboring village named Salina. In 1825, the Village of Syracuse was officially incorporated. Five years later the Erie Canal, which ran through the village, was completed.

  5. Syracuse is the economic and educational hub of Central New York. It hosts a number of convention sites, including a large downtown convention complex, and is home to prominent institutions such as Syracuse University, SUNY Upstate Medical University, SUNY ESF, and Le Moyne College.

  6. Oct 24, 2024 · A post office, established at Webster’s Landing in 1820, was named Syracuse for the ancient Greek city in Sicily. The town’s growth was stimulated by construction of the Erie Canal (completed 1825) and the coming of the railroads in the 1830s. Syracuse later absorbed Salina (1848) and Geddes (1886).

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  7. Apr 28, 2011 · The city of Syracuse is located on the east coast of Sicily and was originally a Greek colony founded by Corinth in 734 BCE. The city enjoyed a period of expansion and prosperity under the tyrant Gelon in the 5th century BCE, survived a two-year siege by Athenian forces from 415 to 413 BCE, and again prospered under the tyrant Dionysius in the ...

  8. Nov 28, 2023 · Syracuse. city in Sicily, founded as a Corinthian colony, and with a name traceable to 8c. B.C.E., from a pre-Hellenic word, perhaps Phoenician serah "to feel ill," in reference to its location near a swamp. The city in New York, U.S., was named 1825 for the classical city. Related: Syracusan.

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