Romulus

Romulus is a town in , , United States. The population was 3,203 at the 2020 census. The town is named after the mythical founder of , Romulus, a name assigned by a clerk with an interest in the classics.
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  • Type: Locality with 4,330 residents
  • Description: town in Seneca County, New York, United States
  • Also known as: Romulus, New York”, “Romulus, NY”, and “Town of Romulus

Places of Interest

Highlights include Five Points Correctional Facility and Seneca Army Airfield.

Prison
is a maximum security state prison for men located in Romulus, New York, and operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Five Points is known as a supermax prison.

Aerodrome
is a closed facility of the United States Army that was originally built as the operational field for Sampson Air Force Base around 1953. is situated 2½ miles west of Romulus.

The former occupied 10,587 acres between and in , . It was used as a munitions storage and disposal facility by the United States Army from 1941 until the 1990s. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Romulus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ovid and Willard.

Village
is a village in , , United States. The population was 602 at the 2010 census. The town was named by a clerk interested in the classics. is situated 3 miles south of Romulus.

Hamlet
is a hamlet primarily in the Town of Romulus, , , United States on the Ovid town line. It is located two miles west of the , at an elevation of 600 feet. is situated 3 miles southwest of Romulus.

Romulus

Latitude
42.7166° or 42° 42′ 60″ north
Longitude
-76.8295° or 76° 49′ 46″ west
Population
4,330
Elevation
758 feet (231 metres)
Open location code
87J5P58C+J6
Geo­Names ID
5134308
Wiki­data ID
Q3708593
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Uzbek—“Romulus” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Romulus
  • Chechen: Ромулус
  • Chinese: 羅慕路斯 (紐約州)
  • Chinese: 羅慕路斯
  • French: Romulus
  • German: Romulus
  • Haitian: Romulus, New York
  • Haitian: Romulus
  • Hungarian: Romulus
  • Italian: Romulus
  • Mazanderani: رومولوس (نیویورک)
  • Mazanderani: رومولوس
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Romulus
  • Polish: Romulus
  • Russian: Ромьюлес
  • Serbian: Ромулус
  • Serbo-Croatian: Romulus, New York
  • Serbo-Croatian: Romulus
  • Slovenian: Romulus
  • Spanish: Romulus (Nueva York)
  • Spanish: Romulus
  • Tatar: Ромулус
  • Turkish: Romulus
  • Ukrainian: Ромулус
  • Uzbek: Romulus, New York
  • Uzbek: Romulus
  • Uzbek: Ромулус

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Highlights include LORAN-C transmitter Seneca and Mount Green Cemetery.

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