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Oneonta
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city in Otsego County, New York, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- County
- Otsego
- Region
- Appalachian Region
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Dan Buttermann ( D )
- Common council
- Members' List • W1: Luke Murphy • W2: Mark Davies • W3: David Rissberger • W4: Kaytee Lipari Shue • W5: Len Carson • W6: Scott Harrington • W7: John Rafter • W8: Emily Falco
- Total
- 4.37 sq mi (11.31 km )
- Land
- 4.36 sq mi (11.30 km )
- Water
- 0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km )
- Density
- 2,998.9/sq mi (1,157.88/km )
- Fips code
- 36-54881
- Website
- www .oneonta .ny .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Oneonta (/ˌoʊniˈɒntə/ OH-nee-ON-tə) is a city in southern Otsego County, New York, United States. It is one of the northernmost cities of Appalachia. Oneonta is home to the State University of New York at Oneonta and Hartwick College. SUNY Oneonta began as a normal school and a teacher's college in 1889, and Hartwick College moved into the city in 1928. The approximately 5,800 students from SUNY Oneonta and the approximately 1,500 students at Hartwick make up a significant percentage of the population of Oneonta. As of the 2020 census, Oneonta had a population of 13,079.
While the word "oneonta" is of undetermined origin, it is popularly believed to mean "place of open rocks" in the Mohawk language. This refers to a prominent geological formation known as "Table Rock" at the western end of the city. Oneonta's nickname is "City of the Hills".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oneonta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.