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We would like to provide the residents of  Herkimer  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Herkimer Home page. The Herkimer Home page provides as much information as possible on Herkimer. Knowing Herkimer’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Herkimer’s Home page, you will also find Herkimer’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Herkimer has a population of 9660. 47.5% of Herkimer’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.5 are female. 43.6% of Herkimer is married and 60.4% own their own home. The Average Home price is $102,119, and the average rent is $695. Household median income in Herkimer is $54,324, and the individual median income is $29,268. Herkimer’s Ethnic is the following: White(92.1%), Multiple(3.5%), Black(2%), Hispanic(1.9%), Asian(1.2%), Other(0.5%), Pacific(0.4%), Native(0.3%).


Herkimer was first settled circa 1722, in an area originally called "Stone Ridge", now the village of Herkimer. Early settlers were primarily German Palatines. Johan Jost Herchheimer, a farmer who also engaged in trade and transport on the Mohawk River, settled in the German Flatts District of Albany County in 1725, on the south side of the Mohawk River, within the present-day town of German Flatts, incorporated in 1788.


He owned 5,000 acres (20 km2) of the land, including a strategic portage around Little Falls on the Mohawk, where his eldest son Nicholas Herkimer established a farmstead. In 1788, the town of Herkimer, on the north side of the river, was incorporated and named after him. During the French and Indian War, the Mohawk Valley was ravaged by raids of the French and their native allies.


By 1770, Nicholas had established great wealth through farming and trade during the wars, and had also gained military experience as a captain of a militia. He would later fight in the Battle of Oriskany. In 1906, the murder trial of Chester Gillette brought many spectators to the county courthouse in Herkimer village. The Herkimer County shootings took place partially in Herkimer on March 13, 2013.


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