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The town is named after Cato the Elder, a Roman statesman. The name was assigned by the surveyors of the Military Tract, and is one of many towns and villages bearing classical place names.
The town of Cato contains part of a village also named Cato, as well as the entire village of Meridian.
The town was formed in 1802 from part of the town of Aurelius.
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- 1836 - Cato
Cato, taken from Aurelius March 30, 1802, since altered; distant from Albany 155, from Auburn N. E. 13, miles; surface, in the S. gently undulating,...Read MORE... - 1854 - Cato
Cato, a post-township of Cayuga county, New York, 12 miles N. from Auburn, watered by Seneca river. Population, 2247.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1879 - Cato
CATO lies upon the east border, north of the center of the County, and is bounded on the north by Ira, on the east by Onondaga county, on the west by ...Read MORE... - 1895 - Cato
Cato, a post-village of Cayuga co, N.Y., on the border of Cato township, and on the Southern Central Railroad, 18 miles N. of Auburn. It is partly in ...Read MORE... 
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Cato, a post-village of Cayuga co., N.Y., on the N. border of Cato township (town) and on the Lehigh Valley R., 18 miles N. of Auburn. It has...Read MORE...
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1836 - Cato
Cato, taken from Aurelius March 30, 1802, since altered; distant from Albany 155, from Auburn N. E. 13, miles; surface, in the S. gently undulating,... Read MORE...
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1854 - Cato
Cato, a post-township of Cayuga county, New York, 12 miles N. from Auburn, watered by Seneca river. Population, 2247.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1879 - Cato
CATO lies upon the east border, north of the center of the County, and is bounded on the north by Ira, on the east by Onondaga county, on the west by ... Read MORE...
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1895 - Cato
Cato, a post-village of Cayuga co, N.Y., on the border of Cato township, and on the Southern Central Railroad, 18 miles N. of Auburn. It is partly in ... Read MORE...
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1916
Cato, a post-village of Cayuga co., N.Y., on the N. border of Cato township (town) and on the Lehigh Valley R., 18 miles N. of Auburn. It has... Read MORE...
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