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Utica–Rome Metropolitan Area
The Utica–Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Central New York anchored by the cities of Utica and Rome (both in Oneida County). As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 292,264. Counties *Oneida (not to be confused with the city of Oneida, New York in the neighbouring Madison County) *Herkimer Communities Places with more than 30,000 inhabitants * Utica (Principal city) *Rome (Principal city) Places with 10,000 to 30,000 inhabitants * German Flatts (town) * Kirkland (town) * New Hartford (town) * Whitestown (town) Places with 5,000 to 10,000 inhabitants * Frankfort (town) *Herkimer (town) *Herkimer (village) * Ilion (village) *Lee (town) * Marcy (town) * Vernon (town) *Verona (town) *Vienna (town) * Westmoreland (town) Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants *Annsville (town) * Augusta (town) * Boonville (town) * Boonville (village) * Bridgewater (town) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison County, New York
Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 68,016. Its county seat is Wampsville. The county is named after James Madison, the fourth president of the United States, and was first formed in 1806. The county is part of the Central New York region of the state. Madison County is part of the Syracuse metropolitan area, and is home to both the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum. History Indigenous peoples had occupied areas around Oneida Lake for thousands of years. The historic Oneida Indian Nation is an Iroquoian-speaking people who emerged as a culture in this area about the fourteenth century and dominated the territory. They are one of the Five Nations who originally comprised the Iroquois Confederacy or '' Haudenosaunee''. English colonists established counties in eastern present-day New York State in 1683; at the time, the territory of the prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna, New York
Vienna is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 5,440 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the capital of Austria. The Town of Vienna is in the western part of the county. History Vienna was formed out of the town of Camden when it was divided in April 1807. The town's original name was "Orange" but shortly after the town's formation, it was renamed to "Bengal." Eight years later, in 1816, Bengal was renamed to its current name of Vienna. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (35.15%) is water. The town borders Oneida Lake and the western town line is the border of Oswego County. The Erie Canal is on the southern border, near Sylvan Beach. Fish Creek defines part of the eastern town line and joins the Erie Canal near Sylvan Beach. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 5,819 people, 2,192 households, and 1,565 families residing in the town. The populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verona, New York
Verona (called ''Te-o-na-ta-le'', "''pine forest''" by the Haudenosaunee The Iroquois ( ), also known as the Five Nations, and later as the Six Nations from 1722 onwards; alternatively referred to by the Endonym and exonym, endonym Haudenosaunee ( ; ) are an Iroquoian languages, Iroquoian-speaking Confederation#Ind ...) is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in southwestern Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 6,293 at the 2010 census. The town was named after Verona, Italy. Verona is located south of the city of Rome, New York, Rome. History Part of the extensive territory of the ''Haudenosaunee'' or Iroquois League, the municipality was first settled by European Americans in 1792, after the American Revolutionary War. The Town of Verona was established from the Westmoreland, New York, Town of Westmoreland, in 1802. In 1993, the Oneida tribe, Oneida Nation purchased land in the town. On this site it built and opened a casino and Bin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon (town), New York
Vernon is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 5,408 at the 2010 census. The Town of Vernon is on the western border of the county. The town contains a village, also named Vernon. History The first European settler was Josiah Bushnell, from Berkshire County, Massachusetts, who came in 1794. The town was formed in 1802 from parts of the Towns of Augusta and Westmoreland. Vernon was part of the original Oneida Reservation. In 1859, a remnant group of Oneida people lived in the southwestern part of the town. In 1920, the population of the Town of Vernon was 4,522. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 38.1 square miles (98.7 km2), all land. Skanandoa Creek ("''hemlock''", or "''stream of hemlocks''"), was named after the famous Skenandoa. It flows through the eastern section of town. The western town line is the border of Madison County and is formed by the Oneida Creek. Demogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcy, New York
Marcy is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 8,777 at the 2020 census. The town was named after Governor William L. Marcy. It lies between the cities of Rome and Utica. The Erie Canal passes through the southern part of the town. The town is home to the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, a four-year public research university in the southeastern part of town. History The first settlers arrived ''circa'' 1773. During the American Revolution, the settlers, having been warned by a friendly Oneida Indian about an enemy raid, abandoned their farms until after the war. The town was resettled in 1792. The Town of Marcy was formed in 1832 from part of the Town of Deerfield, located to the east. The Neck Canal of 1730 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (1.35%) is water. The Mohawk River defines the southern town lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee, New York
Lee is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 6,486 at the 2010 census. The Town of Lee is northwest of Rome. History The Town of Lee was formed from the Town of Western in 1811. The town was named after Revolutionary War General Charles Lee. About 1910, the Rome & Osceola Railroad was organized and the rails laid as far as Lee Center, with grading completed along much of the route, intended to carry timber from Tug Hill to a tie plant on a site which is now the Rite Aid warehouse on Rt 69 in Rome. George W. Kingsbury, for whom (with his brother), the county of Kingsbury, South Dakota, is named, was born in Lee on December 16, 1837. West Lee was home to a large canning factory. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (0.83%) is water. Delta Reservoir, also called Delta Lake, is partly in the southeastern part of the town, created in 1911 as a feeder for the New York Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilion, New York
Ilion is a village in Herkimer County, New York, United States. Located in the Mohawk Valley region, the population was 7,646 at the 2020 census. The village is at the northern edge of the town of German Flatts, though a tiny portion is in the town of Frankfort. It is south of the Mohawk River and Erie Canal. History Ilion is a name for the ancient city of Troy. The area where Ilion is located was first settled by Palatine Germans under the Burnetsfield Patent around 1725. Settlers first took plots along Steele Creek, which flows into the Mohawk River. Gradually they built many mills along the creek. After the American Revolution, a small community was set up in the area named "New London". This area of the village still has buildings which use the name "London". The community began to flourish starting around 1816 when Eliphalet Remington created his first rifle. He developed the Remington Arms manufacturing company. The community was stimulated in growth by the completi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herkimer (village), New York
Herkimer is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village located in the Town Of Herkimer (population 9,566) on the north side of the Mohawk River and the county seat of Herkimer County, New York, United States, about southeast of Utica, New York, Utica. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, it had a population of 7,234, and a predicted population of 7,283 on July 1, 2022. It was part of the Burnetsfield Patent and the first colonial settlement this far west in the Mohawk Valley. The village takes its name from the Herkimer family, German Palatines, Palatine German immigrants who settled in the area in 1723. The most notable family member was Nicholas Herkimer, a general of the Tryon County militia, who died from wounds received at the Battle of Oriskany in the American Revolutionary War. The village is located within the Herkimer (town), New York, town of Herkimer and Herkimer County; together, they are referred to as "the Herkimers". The citizens of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herkimer (town), Herkimer County, New York
Herkimer is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States, southeast of Utica. It is named after Nicholas Herkimer. The population was 9,566 at the 2020 census, down from 10,175 in 2010.US Census Bureau, QuickFacts, Herkimer town, New York https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/herkimertownherkimercountynewyork The town contains a village also called Herkimer. Herkimer County Community College is located in Herkimer village. History Herkimer was first settled ''circa'' 1722, in an area originally called "Stone Ridge", now the village of Herkimer. Early settlers were primarily German Palatines. Johan Jost Herchheimer, a farmer who also engaged in trade and transport on the Mohawk River, settled in the German Flatts District of Albany County in 1725, on the south side of the Mohawk River, within the present-day town of German Flatts, incorporated in 1788. He owned of the land, including a strategic portage around Little Falls on the Mohawk, where his eldest son Nich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankfort (town), New York
Frankfort is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The town is named after one of its earliest settlers, Lawrence (Lewis) Frank. The town of Frankfort includes a village, also called Frankfort. Frankfort is located east of Utica, and the Erie Canal passes along its northern border. At the time of the 2020 census, the population was 7,011, down from 7,636 in 2010. History The first European settlers in this area were German Palatines who came to the colony as religious refugees in 1723. During the French and Indian War, this area suffered fierce attacks by the French with their Indian allies, and the settlers abandoned much of the area. The area of the early town was resettled before 1794, by the granting of land patents. After the Revolutionary War, the town of Frankfort was established from part of the town of German Flatts. In 1798, the northwest part of Frankfort was taken away to form part of the town of Deerfield. The Balloon Farm in Frankfort was li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitestown, New York
Whitestown is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 18,667 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from Judge Hugh White, an early settler. The town is immediately west of Utica and the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) passes across the town. History The town, part of the Sadaquada Patent, was settled in 1784. The Town of Whitestown was formed in 1788, before the creation of Oneida County, with a size of . Whitestown was founded by Hugh White after he scouted the land in 1784 by way of traveling the Mohawk River. On June 5, 1784, White and his family came upon the mouth of the Sauquoit Creek and settled in the forests that would become Whitestown. White was also the forerunner for the creation of Oneida County in the 1790s. Whitestown is known as the "Mother of Towns" because of the many towns and counties formed from its expanse. The Town of Paris and the Town of Steuben were formed from Whitestown in 1792. The Town of Cazenovia was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
