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Oneida County, New York

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91historic places

—earliest paper

1798formed

232,125pop. 2020

133cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 91 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 6 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Utica, Rome, Boonville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

50 of 91 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

91 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Arsenal House	Rome	Building	1974
Ava Town Hall	Ava	Building	1992
Avalon Knitting Company Mill	Utica	Building	2023
Bagg's Square East Historic District	Utica	District	2017
Beeches Historic District, The	Rome	District	2023
Black River Canal Warehouse	Boonville	Building	2003
Boonville Historic District	Boonville	District	1979
Brick Store Building	Bridgewater	Building	1996
Bridgewater Railroad Station	Bridgewater	Building	2006
Byington Mill (Frisbie & Stansfield Knitting Company)	Utica	Building	1993
Calvary Episcopal Church (former)	Utica	Building	2008
Camroden Presbyterian Church	Floyd	Building	2007
Clinton Village Historic District	Clinton	District	1982
Conkling, Roscoe, House NHL	Utica	Building	1975
Deansboro Railroad Station	Deansboro	Building	2002
Dorrance, W.H., House	Camden	Building	1999
Downtown Genessee Street Historic District	Utica	District	2018
Doyle Hardware Building	Utica	Building	1993
Erwin Library and Pratt House	Boonville	Building	1973
First Baptist Church of Deerfield	Utica	Building	1985
First Church of Christ, Scientist	Utica	Building	2023
First Congregational Free Church	Oriskany Falls	Building	1979
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Rome	Rome	Building	2010
First Presbyterian Church	Utica	Building	1988
Five Lock Combine and Locks 37 and 38, Black River Canal	Boonville	District	1973
Floyd, Gen. William, House NHL	Westernville	Building	1971
Forest Hill Cemetery	Utica	District	2017
Fort Schuyler Club Building	Utica	Building	2004
Fort Stanwix National Monument NHL	Rome	Building	1966
Fort Wood Creek Site	Rome	Site	2019
Fountain Elms	Utica	Building	1972
Gansevoort-Bellamy Historic District	Rome	District	1975
Globe Woolen Company Mills	Utica	District	2015
Grace Church	Utica	Building	1997
Hamilton College Chapel	Clinton	Building	1972
Hieber, John C., Building	Utica	Building	2007
Holland Patent Railroad Station	Holland Patent	Building	2000
Holland Patent Stone Churches Historic District	Holland Patent	District	1991
Hurd & Fitzgerald Building	Utica	Building	1993
Jervis Public Library	Rome	Building	1982
Lower Genesee Street Historic District	Utica	District	1982
Mappa Hall	Barneveld	Building	1982
Memorial Church of the Holy Cross	Utica	Building	2000
Middle Mill Historic District	New York Mills	District	1976
Millar-Wheeler House	Utica	Building	2000
Mills House	Rome	Building	1997
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute	Utica	Building	2010
Neck Canal of 1730	Marcy	Structure	1995
New Century Club	Utica	Building	1985
New York Central Railroad Adirondack Division Historic District	Remson	District	1993
Norton, Rev. Asahel, Homestead	Kirkland	Building	1985
Olbiston Flats	Utica	Building	2022
Oriskany Battlefield NHL	Rome	Site	1966
Otter Lake Community Church	Otter Lake	Building	2004
Pleasant Valley Grange Hall	Pleasant Valley	Building	1999
Rome Cemetery	Rome	Site	2022
Rome Elks Lodge No. 96	Rome	Building	2013
Rome Residential Historic District	Rome	District	2025
Root, Elihu, House NHL	Clinton	Building	1972
Rutger-Steuben Park Historic District	Utica	District	1973
St. Joseph's Church	Utica	Building	1977
St. Mark's Church	Clark Mills	Building	1996
St. Paul's Church and Cemetery	Paris Hill	Site	1996
St. Stephen's Church	New Hartford	Building	1996
Stanley Theater	Utica	Building	1976
Stanley, Edward W., Recreation Center	Clinton	Building	2010
Sylvan Beach Union Chapel	Sylvan Beach	Building	2009
Tabernacle Baptist Church	Utica	Building	2012
Tower Homestead and Masonic Temple	Waterville	Building	1977
U.S. Post Office, Court House and Custom House	Utica	Building	2015
US Post Office-Boonville	Boonville	Building	1988
Union Station	Utica	Building	1975
Uptown Theatre	Utica	Building	2020
Utica Armory	Utica	Building	1995
Utica Daily Press Building	Utica	Building	1993
Utica Parks and Parkway Historic District	Utica	District	2008
Utica Public Library	Utica	Building	1982
Utica State Hospital NHL	Utica	Building	1971
Utica Steam and Mohawk Valley Cotton Mill	Utica	Building	2020
Vernon Center Green Historic District	Vernon	District	1985
Vernon Methodist Church	Vernon	Building	1998
Waterville Triangle Historic District	Waterville	District	1978
Weaver, Gen. John G., House	Utica	Building	1989
Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church	Remsen	Building	1988
Western Town Hall	Westernville	Building	1995
Wethersfield Stone Schoolhouse	Trenton	Building	2005
Whiffen-Ribyat Building	Utica	Building	2016
Whitestown Town Hall	Whitesboro	Building	1973
Wright Settlement Cemetery	Wright Settlement	Site	2012
Zion Church	Rome	Building	1997
von Steuben, Baron, Memorial Site	Remsen	District	2009

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Oneida was formed in 1798 (1798-03-15) from Herkimer.

ONEIDA created from HERKIMER.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Oneida County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
22,258	50,997	85,310	105,202	115,475	132,800	182,833	203,636	222,855	264,401	253,466	235,469	232,125

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Fort Stanwix National Monument	National Monument	4.0 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

133 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 133 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Alder Creek Cemetery	43.42091	-75.22781
All Saints Cemetery	43.26083	-75.48944
Ava Cemetery	43.41756	-75.50083
Barber Cemetery	42.96044	-75.53927
Beechwood Cemetery	43.43664	-75.19929
Bethania Cemetery	43.19147	-75.26398
Bethel Cemetery	43.40249	-75.2175
Blackmen Cemetery	43.07568	-75.44291
Boonville Cemetery	43.48444	-75.32352
Bridgewater Cemetery	42.90674	-75.22322
Brodock Cemetery	43.24801	-75.63572
Budlong Cemetery	42.96256	-75.25599
Burton Cemetery	43.10902	-75.17581
Calvary Cemetery	43.07406	-75.26188
Capel Bont Cemetery	43.33158	-75.16014
Capel Isaf Cemetery	43.32871	-75.21094
Capel Ucha Cemetery	43.32456	-75.19909
Carmichael Hill Cemetery	43.33874	-75.32851
Carr Cemetery	43.15778	-75.28639
Catholic Cemetery	43.46162	-75.22162
Cook Cemetery	43.22797	-75.66784
Crown Hill Memorial Park	43.03479	-75.32461
Davis Cemetery	43.43349	-75.74633
Dean Cemetery	43.09159	-75.46685
Deansboro Cemetery	43.00027	-75.42611
Deerfield Schuyler Cemetery	43.10814	-75.17612
Delta Cemetery	43.29802	-75.45242
Dix Cemetery	43.16087	-75.43545
Doxtater Cemetery	43.197	-75.65186
Eames Cemetery	43.31058	-75.54189
East Hill Cemetery	43.0513	-75.24072
Eastman Cemetery	42.96146	-75.35711
Egypt Cemetery	43.41158	-75.26632
Enlli Cemetery	43.35436	-75.12928
Evergreen Cemetery	43.09367	-75.40878
Evergreen Cemetery	43.27425	-75.17936
Evergreen Cemetery	43.29786	-75.47491
Fairchild Cemetery	43.34551	-75.16057
Fairview Cemetery	42.90507	-75.24405
Floyd Cemetery	43.21234	-75.3362
Forest Hill Cemetery	43.07756	-75.25127
Forest Lawn Cemetery	43.32444	-75.73764
Forest Park Cemetery	43.32868	-75.74324
French Road Church Cemetery	43.37559	-75.24084
Frenchville Cemetery	43.32122	-75.36298
Fuller Cemetery	43.31646	-75.21298
Glenside Cemetery	43.10339	-75.2885
Grandview Cemetery	43.12146	-75.29711
Graves Cemetery	43.43304	-75.75047
Greely Cemetery	43.37994	-75.69493
Greenway Cemetery	43.18896	-75.54022
Grove Cemetery	43.16226	-75.64258
Hamil Cemetery	43.184	-75.48888
Happy Valley Cemetery	43.18041	-75.62368
Hayes Cemetery	43.48624	-75.29364
Hazard Cemetery	43.18216	-75.53967
Hiller Street Cemetery	43.00099	-75.31621
Hoag Cemetery	43.18377	-75.49598
Holy Trinity Cemetery	43.10415	-75.27343
House of Israel Cemetery	43.07642	-75.25952
Hubbard Cemetery	43.01203	-75.48089
Johnson Cemetery	43.45562	-75.76963
Joslyn Cemetery	43.15728	-75.57254
Kellogg Street Cemetery	43.03196	-75.33339
Kirkland Cemetery	43.08284	-75.38378
Kirkland Prospect Hill Cemetery	43.03336	-75.4492
Knoxboro - Augusta Cemetery	42.97828	-75.51603
Lakewood Cemetery	43.23203	-75.87358
Lewis Cemetery	43.13469	-75.61384
Link Cemetery	43.25082	-75.52318
Lynch Cemetery	43.26535	-75.85764
Maple Grove Cemetery	43.07278	-75.48659
Maple Hill Cemetery	43.31131	-75.616
McConnellsville Cemetery	43.27778	-75.70556
Murray Cemetery	43.24407	-75.74293
Nant Cobin Cemetery	43.31409	-75.23304
New Forest Cemetery	43.08096	-75.25413
Nisbet Cemetery	43.30032	-75.32097
North Steuben Cemetery	43.38526	-75.31272
O'Toole's Cemetery	42.98687	-75.48235

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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