Oneida County Facts
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Facts of Interest
- Population: 235,469
- Year Organized: 1798
- Area: 1,213 Square Miles
- County Seat: Utica
- Main Industry: Health Care and Social Services
- County Legislators 29
- Colleges and Universities: 5
- State Parks: 3
- Communities: 56
- 357 Uniformed Police Officers
- School Districts: 15
- Named after the Oneida Indians who occupied the region.
- Home of the National Distance Running Hall of Fame.
- Home of Erie Canal Village.
- Home of Fort Stanwix National Monument, site of the first battle fought under the Stars and Stripes Flag.
- Home of the North American Fiddlers Hall of Fame.
- Home of the Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site.
- Home of Turning Stone Casino.