Niagara County is in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 212,666. The county seat is Lockport. The county name is from the Iroquois word Onguiaahra; meaning the strait or thunder of waters. The county is part of the Western New York region of the state.
Niagara County Clerks Office
Lockport is both a city and the town that surrounds it in Niagara County, New York, United States. The city is the Niagara county seat, with a population of 21,165 according to 2010 census figures, and an estimated population of 20,305 as of 2019.
Downtown Lockport with Locks 34 and 35 Below
Lockport 1839 by William Henry Bartlett
The current double lift Lockport Lock is left in the distance with the northern Flight of Five to its right. St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church is in the background. The Falls Road Railroad runs above.
Original northern five step lock structure crossing the Niagara Escarpment at Lockport now without gates and used as a cascade for excess water. Double 24+1⁄2-foot-high (7.5 m), 40-foot-wide (12 m) modern locks are to the left which replaced the original southern Flight of Five lock structure.