Herkimer County, NY

HERKIMER COUNTY, situated In the central part of New York, and traversed by Mohawk river, and the Erie canal. Area, 1,370 square miles. Face of the country mountainous and diversified; soil on the Mohawk and other streams alluvial and rich, in other parts varied. Sent of justice, Herkimer. Pop. in 1810, 22,046; in 1820, 31,017; in 1830, 55,689; in 1840, 37,477; in 1850, 38,244. (Fanning's, 1853)
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