Romulus, NY

Romulus is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The 2020 census counted 3,203 residents. The town is named after the mythical founder of Rome, Romulus, a name assigned by a clerk with an interest in the classics. Romulus is part of the Seneca Falls, NY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls Combined statistical area. A newcomer can read Romulus through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Romulus comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. The town has a hamlet, also called Romulus. After the war, this town became part of the Central New York Military Tract, land for veterans of the Revolution. Returning natives were provided with land at the north end of Cayuga Lake.