In 1784, following the peace treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War, the name of Tryon County was changed to Montgomery County in order to honor the general, Richard Montgomery, who had captured several places in Canada and died attempting to capture the city of Quebec, replacing the name of the hated British governor.

It contained the present Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming, and portions of Livingston and Monroe counties.

[4] Monroe County is in Western State of New York's northern tier, northeast of Buffalo and northwest of Syracuse.

Monroe County voted for incumbent Democratic presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt (1936, 1940, 1944) and Harry S. Truman (1948).

From 1952 to 1976, Monroe County voted for the Republican candidate in all presidential elections except for Lyndon B. Johnson's Democratic landslide in 1964.

the urban area's traditional partisan dynamic appears to have begun shifting in the Democratic Party's favor at the local level.

This matches a broader national trend of increased Democratic success in suburban areas.

[15] In 1983, the position was replaced by a county executive, directly elected by popular vote, with expanded powers (e.g., veto).

As with most counties in New York, the MCSO also performs a range of police services and provides physical and operational security to the courts.

The MCSO is led by a sheriff who is elected by the residents of Monroe County, serving a 4-year term.

The sheriff is considered the highest police official in the county, followed by an appointed undersheriff and subordinate chief deputy.

The police bureau of the sheriff's office operates a sizable road patrol force which serves municipalities within Monroe County that do not independently enforce traffic.

They are also responsible for primary police patrols at the Greater Rochester International Airport and parks throughout the county.

Deputies assigned to the marine unit patrol the coastline of Lake Ontario as well as Irondequoit Bay.

[15] Members meet in the legislative chambers on the fourth floor of the county office building.

Monroe County is also home to regional businesses such as Wegmans,[25] Roberts Communications, Inc.,[26] Holding Corp.,[27] and major fashion label Hickey Freeman.

The Rochester and Monroe County area is important in the field of photographic processing and imaging as well as incubating an increasingly diverse high technology sphere encompassing STEM fields, in part the result of private startup enterprises collaborating with major academic institutions, including the University of Rochester and Cornell University.

Of the 50.2% of Religious adherents, 27.5% (209,584) are Catholic, 9.4% (71,670) are Protestant, 6.0% (46,140) are Nondenominational Christians, 2.4% (18,648) are Muslim, 1.2% (9,054) are Hindu, 1.1% (8,562) are Jewish, 0.6% (5,230) are Jehovah's Witnesses, 0.6% (4,912) are Mormon, 0.5% (4,474) are Buddhist, and 0.3% (2,595) are Eastern Orthodox.

[37] The public school systems educates the overwhelming majority of Monroe County's children.

[40] There are three private schools that serve more than 200 students each: There is one small, but historically significant school: Rochester School for the Deaf in the city The county is home to nine colleges and universities: Additionally, three colleges maintain satellite campuses in Monroe County: The following is a list of parks owned and maintained by Monroe County:[45] The following is a list of parks owned and maintained by New York State:[46] In New York, the term hamlet, while not defined in law, is used to describe an unincorporated community and geographic location within a town.