Kirkland, New York

Kirkland, New York
Kirkland, New York
Town
	Lumbard Hall, Clinton, NY, which houses both the Kirkland Town Hall and the offices of the village of Clinton.
	Location in Oneida County and the state of New York.
	Coordinates: 43°2′53″N 75°23′2″W / 43.04806°N 75.38389°W
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Oneida
Government
• Type	Town Council
• Town Supervisor	Robert J. Meelan (D)
• Town Council	Members' List
Area
• Total	33.81 sq mi (87.57 km2)
• Land	33.76 sq mi (87.44 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2)
Elevation	689 ft (210 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	10,315
• Estimate (2016)	10,105
• Density	299.30/sq mi (115.56/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	13323
Area code	315
FIPS code	36-39804
GNIS feature ID	0979120
Website	Town website

Kirkland is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 10,075 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Samuel Kirkland,^[3] a missionary among the Oneidas.^[4]

The Town of Kirkland is southwest of Utica. In 1829, part of Kirkland was used to form the newer Town of Marshall.

Hamilton College is located in the western part of the town.

Clinton is the only village in the town of Kirkland.

^ "2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 176.
^ Gridley, A. D. (1874). History of the town of Kirkland, New York. New York: Hurd and Houghton. pp. 62–89.