Auburn, industrial city in central New York, seat of Cayuga County, on the north end of Owasco Lake in the Finger Lakes region. Manufactures in the city include electrical and electronic equipment, machinery, and fabricated plastic and metal. A community college and a large state prison are in Auburn. Of interest are the homes of the statesman William H. Seward and the abolitionist Harriet Tubman. Originally the site of a Cayuga village, Auburn developed industrially because of abundant water power and the use of cheap prison labor (a practice now discontinued). The city was probably named for “Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain,” in the poem “The Deserted Village” by British writer Oliver Goldsmith. Auburn was settled in the late 18th century, and incorporated as a city 1848. Population 32,548 (1980); 31,258 (1990); 28,574 (2000).Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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