Herkimer County, New York
Herkimer County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York in the United States. In the 2000 census, the county had 64 427 inhabitants and a population density of 18 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Herkimer.
History
In the early 18th century, the area of present-day Herkimer counties of immigrants from the former Electoral Palatinate was settled. The county was formed on 16 February 1791. It was named after Nicholas Herkimer, a brigadier general of the state militia during the American Revolutionary War, and son of Palatine immigrants from sand bei Heidelberg.
Geography
The county has an area of 3,777 square kilometers, of which 122 square kilometers are water surface. In Herkimer County, the so-called Herkimer diamonds, clear double ended quartz crystals come before.
Cities and towns
- Coldbrook
- Columbia
- Danube
- Dolgeville
- Fairfield
- Frankfort, Town
- Frankfort, Village
- German Flatts
- Herkimer, Town
- Herkimer, Village
- Ilion
- Litchfield
- Little Falls, Town
- Little Falls, City
- Manheim
- Middleville
- Mohawk
- Newport, Town
- Newport, Village
- Norway
- Ohio
- Poland
- Russia
- Salisbury
- Schuyler
- Strongly
- Warren
- Webb
- West Winfield
- Winfield