Norwich, New York
Norwich, New York City of Norwich in New York State 41 downtown Location in Chenango County and the state of New York.
Location in Chenango County and the state of New York.
State New York Norwich is a town/city in Chenango County, New York, United States.
Surrounded on all sides by the town of Norwich, the town/city is the governmental center of county of Chenango County.
Warren Eaton Airport (OIC), serving the area, is positioned north of the town/city in the town of North Norwich.
The town of Norwich was formed in 1793 from the suburbs of Union (now in Broome County) and Bainbridge.
Afterwards, Norwich, as a "mother town" of the county, lost substantial territory in the formation of new towns.
In 1806, Norwich gave up territory to form the suburbs of Pharsalia, Plymouth and Preston.
More of Norwich was lost in 1807 to form parts of the suburbs of New Berlin and Columbus.
In 1808 and 1820, Norwich exchanged territory with the town of Preston.
The central improve of Norwich set itself off from the town in 1816 by incorporating as a village, later becoming the town/city of Norwich in 1914.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.1 square miles (5.5 km2), all of it land. Unlike many upstate cities, there are several, if any, defined neighborhoods or districts.
Downtown is the chief commercial precinct of Norwich, consisting of North and South Broad streets, East and West Main streets, and lesser side streets, including American Avenue, Lackawanna Avenue, and parts of Mechanic, Fair, and Hayes streets.
Norwich is positioned in upstate New York, in the Chenango River valley.
Along the border, Canasawacta Creek flows south, until it unites with the Chenango River at the southern town/city limits.
Norwich lies near the center of the triangle that can be drawn connecting the metros/cities of Syracuse, Albany, and Binghamton, along Interstates 90, 88, and 81, in the order given.
The town/city is positioned at the intersection of New York State Route 12 and New York State Route 23.
On Route 12, Utica and access to Interstate 90 is 48 miles (77 km) to the north, while Binghamton (and the Triple Cities) and access to Interstate 81 and Interstate 86 (currently New York State Route 17, known as the Southern Tier Expressway), is 40 miles (64 km) to the south.
State Highway 23, which cuts laterally through the northern side of the city, leads east 32 miles (51 km) to the town/city of Oneonta and access to Interstate 88, while to the west NY 23 leads in the direction of Cortland and Interstate 81, 42 miles (68 km) away.
Route 12 bisects the town/city on a north-south axis, becoming North and South Broad Street inside town/city limits.
To the south are three plazas just outside town/city limits, featuring supermarkets, gas stations, fast food, a new Lowe's home center and a recently upgraded Super Walmart.
Norwich inhabitants usually travel to the larger close-by cities of Oneonta, Binghamton, Utica, sometimes Cortland, and occasionally the much larger urbane areas of Syracuse and Albany, for goods and services unobtainable locally.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 21.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
This caused the loss of many jobs in Norwich, resulting in the town/city struggling to figure out a new economic model.
The Chenango Canal, the New York, Ontario and Western Railway, and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (later Erie-Lackawanna) once served most of the city's transit needs.
A new $8 million ground was constructed for the city's small extension of Morrisville State College.
Since 1993, the Chenango Blues Festival, held at the Chenango County Fairgrounds each August, has thriving thousands and featured nationally famous artists such as Koko Taylor, Luther Allison, and The Fabulous Thunderbirds.
Former New York Mets pitcher Jon Matlack presently resides in Norwich.
Norwich town/city (Map).
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Norwich city, New York".
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Norwich (New York).
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Norwich, New York.
Wikisource has the text of a 1921 Collier's Encyclopedia article about Norwich, New York.
City of Norwich official website Morrisville State College - Norwich Campus Wikisource-logo.svg "Norwich, a village and the governmental center of county of Chenango co., New York".
Municipalities and communities of Chenango County, New York, United States County seat: Norwich Afton Bainbridge Columbus Coventry German Greene Guilford Lincklaen Mc - Donough New Berlin North Norwich Norwich Otselic Oxford Pharsalia Pitcher Plymouth Preston Sherburne Smithville Smyrna
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Cities in New York - County seats in New York - Populated places established in 1788 - Cities in Chenango County, New York - 1788 establishments in New York
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