Herkimer (town), New York Herkimer Town Herkimer Location of Herkimer inside Herkimer County Herkimer is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States, southeast of Utica.
The town contains a village also called Herkimer.
Herkimer County Community College is positioned in Herkimer village.
4 Communities and locations in the Town of Herkimer, NY Herkimer was first settled around 1722, in an region originally called Stone Ridge, now the Village of Herkimer.
Johan Jost Herchheimer, a farmer who also engaged in trade and transport on the Mohawk River, settled in the German Flatts District of Albany County, New York in 1725, on the south side of the Mohawk River, inside the present day township of German Flatts, incorporated in 1788.
In 1788, the town of Herkimer, on the north side of the river, was incorporated and titled after him.
The Town of Herkimer was established in 1789.
In 1906, the murder trial of Chester Gillette brought many spectators to the County courthouse in Herkimer village.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 32.1 square miles (83.2 km ).
Land comprises 31.6 square miles (81.7 km ) of the town and 0.6 square miles (1.5 km ) of the town (1.74%) is water.
The West Canada Creek empties into the Mohawk River by Herkimer village.
The New York State Thruway and New York State Route 5 run through the south part of the town.
New York State Route 28 is a north-south highway that intersects NY-5 in Herkimer village.
Communities and locations in the Town of Herkimer, NY East Herkimer A hamlet east of Herkimer village on NY-5.
Herkimer The Village of Herkimer is by the south town line, on NY-5 by the Mohawk River.
Kast Bridge A hamlet north of Herkimer village on NY-28.
Herkimer Home, State Historical Site - Little Falls, NY Early history of Herkimer, New York Town of Herkimer Municipalities and communities of Herkimer County, New York, United States
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