ONEIDA COUNTY 



This county is located near the center of the state in the upper 

 part of the Mohawk Valley. It has an area of 800,000 acres. 

 From north to south it extends approximately 45 miles and from 

 east to west 38 miles. The population is distributed as follows: 



Rome (city; 

 Utica (city] 

 Annsville 

 Augusta . . . 



Ava 



Boonville 

 Bridgewater 

 Camden. 

 Deerfield . . . 

 Florence 



Floyd 



Forestport . . 

 Kirkland 



Lee 



Marey 



^Marshall . . 



Population by Cities and Townships 



(Census of 1915) 

 21, 926 New Hartford . . . 



SO, 589 

 1,450 

 2,056 



659 

 3,260 



862 

 3,359 

 1,836 



970 



702 

 1,170 

 4,781 

 1,313 

 1,260 

 1,814 



Paris 



Remsen 



Sangerfield . . 



Steuben 



Trenton 



Vernon 



Verona 



Vienna 



Western 



Westmoreland 

 Whitestown . 



Total 



7,864 

 3,018 



983 

 2,022 



839 

 2,671 

 3,841 

 3,752 

 1,931 

 1,150 

 2,115 

 9, 128 



167,331 



* Utica is the county seat. 



Note: Rome now has a population of 26,300; Utica, 94,000. 



HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 

 Oneida County was formed from Herkimer in 1798. The 

 name is of Iroquois origin, meaning " there it (the rock) has 

 been set up." The Mohawk Valley, either by land or water, was 

 the great route of the Indians to the far West and Canada. At 

 the point where Rome is now located the route was broken by a 

 neck of swamp land over which the canoes were carried to Wood 

 Creek. This was termed by the English " the great carrying 

 place " to distinguish it from the " little carrying place " around 

 the rapids of the Mohawk at what is now Little Falls. The 

 former was later known as the " Oneida carrying place " to avoid 

 confusion with another point known by the same name in Wash- 

 ington County. 



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