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Waterloo is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 7,866 at the 2000 census. The town, as well as its major community, are named after Waterloo, Belgium.

The Town of Waterloo also has a village called Waterloo and is on the west border of the county. The town and village are east of Geneva, New York.

The area was the domain of the Seneca tribe and Cayuga tribe, who were visited in the 17th Century by Jesuit missionaries. The Sullivan Expedition passed through the area in 1779 to destroy the natives and their villages. After the war, the area was in the Central New York Military Tract, reserved for veterans.

The region was first settled around 1800. The town was formed from the Town of Junius in 1829.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 56.6 km² (21.9 mi²). 56.2 km² (21.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (0.78%) is water.

The west town line is the border of Ontario County, New York, and part of the south town line is Seneca Lake and the Seneca River/Cayuga-Seneca Canal.

US Route 20, conjoined with NY-5, is a major east-west highway in Waterloo. NY-96 is a highway that turns southward at Waterloo village.

Communities and locations in the Town of Waterloo
Border City -- A hamlet near the west town line and Geneva.
Dobbins Corner -- A hamlet at the west town line on County Road 112.
East Geneva -- A hamlet near the west town line on US-20.
Packwood Corners -- A hamlet on US-20, on the south town line.
Parr Harbour -- A location west of Waterloo village on US-20.
Seneca Lake State Park -- A state park in the southwest corner of the town.
Waterloo -- The Village of Waterloo in on US-20 at the south town line, partly in the Town of Fayette.

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