Owasco is a town in Cayuga County, New York, United States.

[3] Owasco is in the eastern part of Cayuga County and is at the southeast city line of Auburn.

[4] The land was first settled by Europeans around 1792, by a man named Herman Mesgow.

[citation needed] After the American Revolution, most Cayuga relocated to Canada after the Treaty of Canandaigua in 1794, although some bands were allowed small reservations in New York.

New York made separate purchases and leases of land from the Indians, which were not ratified by the US Congress.

Dutch Hollow Brook enters Owasco Lake near Burtis Point.

New York State Route 38A is a north-south highway in the town, running southward along Owasco Lake.