Headnote
ONEIDA COUNTY, situated in the central part of New York, with Oneida lake on the southwest, and traversed by Mohawk river and the Erie canal. Area, 1,101 square miles. Face of the country, diversified; soil productive. Seats of justice, Rome, Utica, and Whittlesborough. Pop. in 1810, 33,792; in 1820, 50,997; in 1830, 71,326; in 1840, 85,310; in 1850, 99,568. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
New York

Oneida County, New York (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
ONEIDA COUNTY, situated in the central part of New York, with Oneida lake on the southwest, and traversed by Mohawk river and the Erie canal. Area, 1,101 square miles. Face of the country, diversified; soil productive. Seats of justice, Rome, Utica, and Whittlesborough. Pop. in 1810, 33,792; in 1820, 50,997; in 1830, 71,326; in 1840, 85,310; in 1850, 99,568.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 275.
Date Type
Hamilton College in Clinton, New York graduates seventeen men of the class of 1860 Education/Culture
- President Lincoln's funeral train makes its way across upstate New York to Buffalo Personal
Birthplace of
Name Type
Boonville, NY City or Town
Bridgewater, NY City or Town
Rome, NY City or Town
Utica, NY City or Town
Westernville, NY City or Town
Whitesboro, NY City or Town
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