Herkimer County, New York

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Herkimer County
County
Herkimer County Courthouse
Flag Seal
Location within the U.S. state of New York
New York's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 43°25′N 74°58′W / 43.41°N 74.96°W / 43.41; -74.96
Country	United States
State	New York
Founded	1791
Named for	Nicholas Herkimer
Seat	Herkimer
Largest town	German Flatts
Area
• Total	1,458 sq mi (3,780 km2)
• Land	1,411 sq mi (3,650 km2)
• Water	46 sq mi (120 km2)  3.2%
Population  (2020)
• Total	60,139[1]
• Density	42.6/sq mi (16.4/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	21st
Website	www.herkimercounty.org

Herkimer County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 60,139.^[2] Its county seat is Herkimer.^[3] The county was created in 1791 north of the Mohawk River out of part of Montgomery County. It is named after General Nicholas Herkimer,^[4] who died from battle wounds in 1777 after taking part in the Battle of Oriskany during the Revolutionary War.

Herkimer County is part of the Utica–Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Mohawk Valley region.