Niles is a town

Town

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 in Cayuga County

Cayuga County, New York

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, New York

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, United States

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. The population was 1,194 at the 2010 census. The Town of Niles lies in the eastern part of the county southeast of Auburn

Auburn, New York

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, New York

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Niles was in the Central New York Military Tract

Central New York Military Tract

The Military Tract of Central New York, also called the New Military Tract, consisted of nearly two million acres of bounty land set aside to compensate New York’s soldiers after their participation in the Revolutionary War....

, land reserved for veterans.
The town was first settled around 1792.
The Town of Niles was created in 1833 by division of the Town of Sempronius

Sempronius, New York

Sempronius is a town in Cayuga County, New York, USA. The population was 895 at the 2010 census. The town was named after a Roman military and political leader by a clerk interested in the classics....

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According to the United States Census Bureau

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, the town has a total area of 43.4 square miles (112.4 km²), of which, 39.1 square miles (101.3 km²) of it is land and 4.3 square miles (11.1 km²) of it (9.82%) is water.

Niles is between Owasco Lake

Owasco Lake

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 and Skaneateles Lake

Skaneateles Lake

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, two of the Finger Lakes

Finger Lakes

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