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Herkimer County
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county in New York, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- Named after
- Nicholas Herkimer
- Seat
- Herkimer
- Largest town
- German Flatts
- Total
- 1,458 sq mi (3,780 km )
- Land
- 1,411 sq mi (3,650 km )
- Water
- 46 sq mi (120 km ) 3.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 59,219
- Density
- 42.6/sq mi (16.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 21st
- Website
- www .herkimercountyny .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Herkimer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 60,139. Its county seat is Herkimer. The county was created in 1791 north of the Mohawk River out of part of Montgomery County. It is named after General Nicholas Herkimer, who died from battle wounds in 1777 after taking part in the Battle of Oriskany during the Revolutionary War. The county is part of the Mohawk Valley region of the state.
Herkimer County is part of the Utica–Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Herkimer County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.