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In 1798, Oneida County was created from a part of Herkimer County. This county was larger than the current Oneida County, as it included the present-day Jefferson (which extends along Lake Ontario), Lewis, and part of Oswego counties.
In 1805, Jefferson and Lewis counties were split off from Oneida. In 1816, parts of Oneida and Onondaga counties were taken to form the new Oswego County.
Together with Utica, Oneida county was the cultural centre of Welsh settlement in New York state. By the mid nineteenth century, the lexicorapher John Russell Bartlett noted that the area had a number of Welsh language newspapers and magazines, as well as Welsh churches. Indeed Bartlett noted in his Dictionary of Americanisms that "one may travel for miles and hear nothing but the Welsh language". By 1855, there were four thousand Welshmen in Oneida.
In 1848, John Humphrey Noyes founded a religious and Utopian community, the Oneida Community, near Oneida. Its unconventional views on religion and relations between the sexes generated much controversy. The community lasted until 1881. The Oneida Silver Company was founded here to manufacture sterling silver, silverplate holloware and, later, stainless steel flatware.
Adjacent Counties
Cities, Towns and Communities:
Adrian | Annsville | Augusta | Ava | Barneveld | Boonville | Bridgewater | Camden | Cassville | Chadwicks | Clark Mills | Clayville | Clinton | Deansboro | Deerfield | Durhamville | Florence | Floyd | Forestport | Holland Patent | Jewell | Kirkland | Lee | Lower South Bay | Marcy | Marshall | New Hartford | New York Mills | North Bay| Oneida Castle | Oriskany | Oriskany Falls | Paris | Point Rock | Prospect | Remsen | Rome | Sangerfield | Sauquoit | Sherrill | Steuben | Sylvan Beach | Taberg | Trenton | Utica (County Seat) | Vernon | Verona | Verona Mills | Vienna | Washington Mills | Waterville | Western | Westernville | Westmoreland | Whitesboro | Yorkville
Cemeteries
Links
Steuben Memorial State Historic Site
Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site
National Register of Historic Places
