HERKIMER COUNTY 



This county lies in the east central part of the state and extends 

 south from the southern border of St. Lawrence County through 

 the valley of the Mohawk River. Its area is ahout 933,700 acres. 

 It extends approximately 20 miles from east to west and 85 

 miles from north to south. 



The population is distributed as follows: 



Little Falls (city) 



13,022 

 1,090 

 1,050 



Fairfield 



1,334 





5,962 

 12,809 



Herkimer* 



11,027 



Litchfield 



83G 



Little Falls 



Miinheim 



G27 

 3,885 



Newport 



1,724 



597 



Population by Cities and Towns 



U us of 1915) 



Ohio 



Russia . . 

 Salisbury 

 Schuyler 

 Stark . . 

 Warren . 

 Webb ... 

 Wilmurt 

 Winfield 



Total . 



496 

 1,747 

 1,643 



1,130 

 906 



1,288 



1,274 

 227 



1,435 



04,109 



* Herkimer, in the town of Herkimer, is tin- county seat. 



HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 



Herkimer County w;is formed from Montgomery in 1791 and 

 named in honor of General Nicholas Herkimer, a veteran of 

 the French and Indian War and the hero of the battle of 

 Oriskany. The Herkimer homestead, which is being preserved 

 by the state, is a fine colonial mansion overlooking the Mohawk 

 River in the town of Danube. 



As England was anxious to strengthen her colony of New 

 York and as Governor Burnet was kindly disposed to the Pala- 

 tines, who were eager to escape the wars and hardships in 

 Germany, the governor obtained a patent for these people. When 

 they settled in the territory now comprised in Herkimer County 

 (1722), they found the land occupied by the Mohawk Indians. 



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