Camillus is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States.

Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 34.5 square miles (89.3 km2), all land.

Most of the current-day Town of Camillus was part of the former Central New York Military Tract.

Much of the southeastern portion of the town, corresponding to Fairmount, was not part of the Military Tract but was instead part of the original Onondaga Reservation territory that came under New York State control after the Treaty of Cayuga Bridge in 1795.

[3] Joseph Sherwood, the first pioneer arrived around 1795 at the site of the village of Camillus.

The Nine Mile Creek Aqueduct and Wilcox Octagon House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[4] Camillus gained national and worldwide attention in 2018 when a resident, Michael Rotondo, a 30-year-old man, was evicted from his parents home after they sued his son.