Stockbridge (New York)
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Location in New York
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| Foundation : | 1836 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | new York | ||
| County : | Madison County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 59 ′ N , 75 ° 35 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 2,103 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 25.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 82.0 km 2 (approx. 32 mi 2 ) of which 82.0 km 2 (approx. 32 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Postal code : | 13409 | ||
| Area code : | +1 315 | ||
| FIPS : | 36-71399 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 979527 | ||
Stockbridge is a city in the US state of New York and is located on Oneida Creek on the eastern border of Madison County . In the 2010 US census , the city had 2,103 inhabitants. It is named after an Indian tribe who lived here from around 1780 to 1829.
history
The Oneida , an Iroquois tribe , were the original inhabitants of the region. At the invitation of Oneida, around 420 Stockbridge Indians from Stockbridge , western Massachusetts, moved to the Oneida Creek area in New York State in 1783 . On the advice of their chief Hendrick Aupaumut , they tried to adapt to the way of life of the white settlers in order to survive in American society. The Stockbridge began to build farms, their wives spinning the wool of their sheep, weaving fabrics and making chip baskets for sale. Most of the Indians could speak and write English and were loyal followers of the Christian mission church. Some of them had even attended Dartmouth College . By 1800 the Stockbridge Indians owned a stable community modeled after a rural white American village called New Stockbridge . Nevertheless there were problems with the growing white population, but also with the neighboring Oneida, so Aupaumut planned another move. In 1818 the first Stockbridge moved west and the last Indians left New Stockbridge in 1829. Old Hendrick Aupaumut died in 1830 after all of his people had arrived in their new home in Wisconsin east of Lake Winnebago . Today the tribe is known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians of Wisconsin , the reservation they inhabit is called the Stockbridge-Munsee Community .
The first white settlers came to New Stockbridge in 1791 and some leased land from the Indians. In 1836 the future city of Stockbridge was formed from the merger of parts of the four parishes of Augusta, Lenox, Smithfield and Vernon.
geography
The city has a total area of 82 km² and lies on a plateau, which is broken through by the valley of the Oneida Creek in a north-south direction. The soil is fertile and is mainly used for growing hops. The Oneida Creak is the largest river in the city and forms numerous spectacular waterfalls and rapids. In the east of the city there are extensive deposits of limestone and gypsum , some of which are being mined.
The New York and Western Railroad operates a railway line that crosses the city from north to south and offers a beautiful view of the valley of the Oneida Creek. Stockbridge is on New York State Route 46 between the towns of Oneida in the north and Bouckville in the south.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Handbook of North American Indians - Chapter: Mahican, pp. 208f
- ^ History of Stockbridge, NY
literature
- Bruce G. Trigger (Ed.): Handbook of North American Indians . Vol. 15: Northeast. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC 1978. ISBN 0-16004-575-4