NYSAC - Herkimer

 

Facts of Interest

• Population: 64,427
• Year Organized: 1791
• Area: 1,412 Square Miles
• County Seat: Herkimer
• Main Industry: Manufacturing
• County Legislators: 16
• Colleges and Universities: 2
• State Parks: The Adirondack Park
• Communities: 37
• 115 Uniformed Police Officers
• School Districts: 11
• Named after General Nicholas Herkimer, who died of wounds received at the Battle of Oriskany in 1777.
• Home of The Frisbie Augustus House.
• National Historic Landmark and Museum.
• Home of the Herkimer and Little Falls Diamonds.
• Home of Indian Castle Church.
• Home of the Zoller-Frazier Round Barn.
• National Historic Landmark.