Seneca Falls is located in
Seneca County 19 miles west of
Auburn between Montezuma and Five Points along Interstate 90 on the banks of the Seneca River near
Cayuga Lake State Park in the
Western Region of the state. Seneca Falls is known as the birthplace of the women's rights movement. Notable former residents include Amelia Bloomer, who popularized the undergarments that bore her name, and Elizabeth Cady Staton, organizer of the first Women's Rights Convention and an early feminist leader. The nation's first women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls in 1848.
