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The county seat of Niagara County is Lockport, not Niagara Falls.
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| founded year = 1808
| founded date = March 11
| seat = [[Niagara FallsLockport] (city), New York|Niagara Falls]]
| largest city wl = Niagara Falls
| area_total_sq_mi = 1140
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'''Niagara County''' is located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York (state)|New York]]. As of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]], the population was 176,456.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36063.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 12, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607014443/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36063.html|archive-date=June 7, 2011}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Niagara FallsLockport (city), New York|Niagara FallsLockport]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The county name is from the [[Iroquois]] word ''Onguiaahra''; meaning ''the strait'' or ''thunder of waters''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ongiaracollege.ca/webpages/ongiara_region.shtml |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-10-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206011850/http://ongiaracollege.ca/webpages/ongiara_region.shtml |archive-date=2009-02-06 }} Retrieved 9 October 2008</ref>
 
Niagara County is part of the [[Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area]], and across the [[Canada–United States border|Canada–US border]] is the province of [[Ontario]].