Herkimer County, New York

Herkimer County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 64,427. It is named after General, who died from battle wounds in after taking part in the. Its is the.

History
When counties were established in New York State in, the present Herkimer County was part of. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of and, in theory, extending westward to the. This county was reduced in size on, by the creation of , and further on ,  by the creation of , both containing territory now in Vermont.

On, , what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. One of the other pieces,, contained the western portion (and thus, since no western boundary was specified, theoretically still extended west to the Pacific). The eastern boundary of Tryon County was approximately five miles west of the present city of, and the county included the western part of the and the area west of the West Branch of the. The area then designated as Tryon County now includes 37 counties of New York State. The county was named for, colonial governor of New York.

In the years prior to, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County fled to. In, following the peace treaty that ended the , the name of Tryon County was changed to to honor the general, , who had captured several places in Canada and died attempting to capture the city of , replacing the name of the hated British governor.

In, the size of Montgomery County was reduced by the splitting off of from Montgomery. The actual area split off from Montgomery County was much larger than the present county, also including the present, , , , , , , , , , , , and part of and.

Part of Herkimer County was part of of 1791.

In, Herkimer County was one of three counties split off from Montgomery (the other two being , and ). This was much larger than the present county, however, and was reduced by a number of subsequent splits.

In, was split off from Herkimer County. This county was larger than the current Onondaga County, including the present, , and part of.

In, a portion of Herkimer County, together with a portion of , was taken to form. Another part of Herkimer was split off to form. This county was larger than the current Oneida County, including the present, , and part of.

In, parts of Herkimer and two other counties ( and ) were combined to form the new.

Geography
Herkimer County is in central New York State, northwest of, and east of. The northern part of the county is in the. The flows across the south part of the county.

According to the, the county has a total area of 3,777 (1,458 ). 3,655 km² (1,411 sq mi) of it is land and 122 km² (47 sq mi) of it (3.23%) is water.

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Economy
Herkimer County is known for producing unusual clear, doubly terminated crystals, shipped all over as s.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 64,427 people, 25,734 households, and 17,113 families residing in the county. The was 18/km² (46/sq mi). There were 32,026 housing units at an average density of 9/km² (23/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.83%, 0.51% or , 0.22% , 0.41% , 0.02% , 0.18% from , and 0.84% from two or more races. 0.90% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 25,734 households out of which 30.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.20% were living together, 10.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.50% were non-families. 27.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.40% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 26.60% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 16.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 94.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,924, and the median income for a family was $40,570. Males had a median income of $29,908 versus $21,518 for females. The for the county was $16,141. About 8.90% of families and 12.50% of the population were below the, including 15.60% of those under age 18 and 10.40% of those age 65 or over.

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Adjacent counties and areas
To the north of Herkimer County is. The western border is and  Counties. is on the southern border. Herkimer County shares its eastern border with, , and Counties.