Oneida County, New York

Oneida County Courthouse
administration
US state :	new York
Administrative headquarters :	Utica
Foundation :	March 15, 1798
Made up from:	Herkimer County
Area code :	315
Demographics
Residents :	234,878  (2010)
Population density :	74.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	3,255.922 km²
Water surface :	117.087 km²
map
Website : www.ocgov.net

Oneida County is a county in the state of New York in the United States . At the 2010 census , Oneida County had 234,878 residents and a population density of 109.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Utica .

geography

Oneida County is located in the hill country east of Lake Ontario in an area mainly shaped by the last Ice Age. The largest body of water is Oneida Lake in the west of the county, on the south and east banks of which are some of the county's settlements. The Pools Brook , a canalised river in the lower reaches, connects the industrial centers of Utica and Rome with Lake Ontario via Oneida Lake and its outflow. The Mohawk River also rises north of Rome . There are no noteworthy surveys; the highest hills rise up to about 300 meters in the south and up to 400 meters in the north.

The county covers an area of ​​3,255.9 square kilometers, of which 117.1 square kilometers are water.

Surrounding areas

Oswego County	Lewis County	Herkimer County
Oswego County		Herkimer County
Madison County	Madison County	Otsego County

history

Fort Stanwix (2015)

Elihu Root House (2008) has the status of a National Historic Landmark.

The county was founded on March 15, 1798 as an independent county by separation from Herkimer County and named after the Oneida Indians, after the population of the area had increased sharply during the pioneering phase of the area and an independent administration made sense. The original area was changed and made smaller several times, again in order to create separate administrative areas. In 1801, a section of the then neighboring Clinton County was taken over, in 1805 the areas of the newly established areas of Lewis County and Jefferson County were separated, in 1816 a part was given to Oswego County and, in 1836, when Madison County was founded , parts of the area of ​​the new county of Oneida County surrendered. This ended the biggest changes in area.

The opening of the Erie Canal (completed in 1825) and some complementary canals such as the Chenango Canal and the Black River Canal encouraged the emergence of industrial and commercial centers such as Utica , Rome and New Hartford ; the construction of railway lines from 1838, which supplemented the Erie Canal and also ensured the transport of goods in winter, allowed these centers to grow further.

The county's fertile lands were primarily used for dairy farming, which in turn supplied dairies and, above all, cheese factories. This cheese was then shipped by rail and ship to the major cities on the canal or the rail lines, in particular to Buffalo and New York City , but also to Chicago and Baltimore . For 1865, 80 cheese dairies are documented, of which 79 obtained the milk from 27,176 cows in the county and made around 4,000 tons of cheese from it, with a clear upward trend. Other important branches of industry included logging companies and a number of quarries.

The economic crisis of the 1930s deeply affected the county's economic centers; agriculture, however, was only slightly affected. After the Second World War, the railway system was largely replaced by the construction of expressways, which led to a further economic boom that continued into the 1970s. Since then, workers have been migrating, particularly to the metropolises on the great lakes and the east coast.

There is a national monument in the county , Fort Stanwix . Six locations have National Historic Landmark status . 76 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 17, 2018), including the Deansboro Railroad Station .

Population development

Census Results - Oneida County, New York

year	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890
Residents	22,047	33,792	50,997	71,326	85.310	99,566	105.202	110.008	115,475	122,922
year	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990
Residents	132,800	154.157	182.833	198,763	203,636	222,855	264,401	273.037	253.466	250,836
year	2000	2010	2020	2030	2040	2050	2060	2070	2080	2090
Residents	235,469	234,878

Cities and towns

In addition to the independent municipalities listed below, there are several villages in Oneida County .

Locality	status	Population (2010)	Total area [km²]	Land area [km²]	Population density [inhabitants / km²]	founding	Specialty
Annsville	town	3,012	156.6	155.8	19.3	Apr 12, 1823
Augusta	town	2,020	71.8	71.8	28.1	15th Mar 1798
Ava	town	676	97.6	97.5	6.9	May 12, 1846
Boonville	town	4,555	187.9	186.1	24.5	28 Mar 1805
Bridgewater	town	1,522	61.8	61.7	24.7	24 Mar 1797
Camden	town	4,934	140.2	139.8	35.3	15th Mar 1799
Deerfield	town	4,273	85.6	85.3	50.1	15th Mar 1798
Florence	town	1,025	142.4	142.2	7.2	Feb 16, 1805
Floyd	town	3,819	90.1	89.6	42.6	04th Mar 1796
Forestport	town	1,535	204.3	199.1	7.7	Nov 24, 1869
Kirkland	town	10,315	87.6	87.5	117.9	Apr 13, 1827
lee	town	6,486	117.9	116.8	55.5	0Apr 3, 1811
Marcy	town	8,982	86.3	85.1	105.5	30th Mar 1832
Marshall	town	2.131	84.9	84.9	25.1	Feb 21, 1829
New Hartford	town	22,166	66.0	65.6	337.9	Apr 12, 1827
Paris	town	4,411	81.6	81.5	54.1	Apr 10, 1792
Remsen	town	1.929	95.5	94.4	20.4	15th Mar 1798
Rome	City	33,725	195.8	193.7	174.1	04th Mar 1796	Founded as a town ; the city appointed on February 23, 1870
Sangerfield	town	2,561	80.2	79.8	32.1	05th Mar 1795
Sherrill	City	3,071	6.0	6.0	511.8	1916
Steuben	town	1,100	110.6	110.5	10.0	Apr 10, 1792
Trenton	town	4,498	113.2	112.3	40.1	24 Mar 1797
Utica	town	62,235	44.1	43.4	1434.0	0Apr 3, 1798	County seat; Founded as a village , made a town in 1827, declared a city on February 13, 1832
Vernon	town	5,408	98.0	98.0	55.2	Feb. 17, 1802
Verona	town	6,293	180.3	179.3	35.1	Feb. 17, 1802
Vienna	town	5,440	246.2	159.2	34.2	0Apr 3, 1807
Western film	town	1,951	141.6	132.6	14.7	Feb 10, 1797
Westmoreland	town	6.138	111.8	111.7	55.0	Apr 10, 1792
Whitestown	town	18,667	70.8	70.7	264.0	07th Mar 1788

literature

• John Homer French: Gazetteer of the State of New York . RP Smith, Syracuse, NY 1860, pp. 458 ff . (English, archive.org [PDF; 63.8 MB ; accessed on January 1, 2017]).
• Franklin Benjamin Hough: Gazetteer of the State of New York . tape 2 . A. Boyd, Albany, NY 1873, pp. 456 ff . (English, archive.org [PDF; 58.3 MB ; accessed on January 1, 2017]).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Oneida County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
2. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: New York . National Park Service , accessed February 17, 2018.
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 17, 2018.
4. ↑ Population 1800–2010 according to census results
5. ↑ Population data from the 2010 US Census in the American Factfinder
6. ↑ ^{a b} Official data of the United States Board on Geographic Names
7. ^ Franklin Benjamin Hough: Gazetteer of the State of New York . tape 2 . A. Boyd, Albany, NY 1873, pp. 460 ff .

Web links

Commons : Oneida County, New York  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• County's homepage

Coordinates: 43 ° 15 ′  N , 75 ° 26 ′  W