Herkimer County, New York

Founding: 1791
Parent county: Montgomery

Namesake: Nicholas Herkimer, New York militiaman
Seat: Herkimer (1791–)

Land area: 1,411 square miles

Population (2020): 60,139

Population (historic): 14,479 (1800); 37,477 (1840); 39,929 (1870); 51,049 (1900); 64,006 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1860; 1870–1920; 1940–1970

Subdivisions: One city; ten villages; seven CDPs; 19 towns

National Register listings: 75

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 14,072 (41.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 72.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 27.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,027
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,416
Average farmhouse size (1940): 8.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,849
Average farm size (1920): 77.5 acres
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Herkimer

Namesake: Nicholas Herkimer, New York militiaman

Founding: circa 1730 (founding); 1798 (post office); 1807 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 7,234

Population (historic): 1,220 (1870); 5,555 (1900); 10,446 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1920; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,048 (57.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Jacob Dillenbeck House (c. 1860). 356 Dillenbeck Road. Danube. Italianate.
2. *Finck House (c. 1840). 275 Finck's Basin Road. Danube. Greek Revival.
3. *Isaac Snell House (c. 1860). 568 Klock Road. Danube. Italianate.
4. *Shull Farm (c. 1840). 2321 River Road. Danube. Greek Revival.
5. *Jacob Shull House (c. 1875). 3200 State Route 5S. Danube. Italianate. Razed.
6. *Nicholas Herkimer House (c. 1750). 200 State Route 169. Danube.
7. William Harris House (c. 1855). 3053 State Route 169. Fairfield. Gothic Revival.
8. *Eliphalet Remington House (c. 1810). 1279 Barringer Road. Frankfort. Federal.
9. *Frederick Gates House (1878). 128 Cemetery Street. Frankfort. Second Empire.
10. *Heman Hildreth Farm (c. 1860). 4083 Middleville Road. Herkimer. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
11. Hiram Hildreth House (c. 1855). 4113 Middleville Road. Herkimer. Gothic Revival.
12. *House (c. 1760). 4217 State Route 5. Herkimer.
13. Darius Small House (c. 1860). 5989 State Route 5. Herkimer. Italianate.
14. Morris Merrill House (c. 1830). 1322 Albany Road. Litchfield. Federal.
15. *Overlook / David Burrell Estate (1889). 1 Overlook Drive. Little Falls. Romanesque/Chateauesque.
16. Norman Timmerman House (c. 1875). 200 Dockey Road. Manheim. Italianate.
17. John DeVoe House (c. 1865). 375 Snell's Bush Road. Manheim. Italianate.
18. *Jeremiah Snell Farm (c. 1850). 770 Snell's Bush Road. Manheim. Greek Revival.
19. *Ira Timmerman Farm (c. 1855). 864 Snell's Bush Road. Manheim. Greek Revival/Italianate.
20. *Van Valkenburgh House (c. 1840). 7689 State Route 5. Manheim. Greek Revival.
21. *Andrew Van Valkenburgh Farm (c. 1860). 7767 State Route 5. Manheim. Italianate.
22. George Hawkins House (c. 1840). 200 Cole Road. Newport. Greek Revival.
23. *Orrin Brown Farm (c. 1815). 2608 Newport Road. Newport. Federal.
24. *James Keith House (c. 1815/1870). 2615 Newport Road. Newport. Italianate.
25. Vernum Bullard House (c. 1840). 7334 Newport Road. Newport. Greek Revival.
26. *William Reynolds Farm (c. 1835). 465 Elm Tree Road. Norway. Federal.
27. Erastus Read Farm (c. 1835). 4618 Military Road. Russia. Federal.
28. Timothy Ferris House (c. 1800). 5787 Military Road. Russia. Federal.
29. Albert Swezey House (c. 1850). Pardeeville Road, north of Fisher Road. Russia. Greek Revival.
30. *House (c. 1825). 112 Kingsley Road. Salisbury. Federal.
31. William Thompson Farm (c. 1870). 689 Thompson Road. Salisbury. Italianate.
32. Moses Elwood Farm (c. 1870). 209 Elwood Road. Stark. Italianate.
33. *Minor Blatchley House (c. 1855). 370 Blatchley Road. Warren. Italianate.
34. *Gelston Castle Ruins / Harriet Douglas–Kruger Estate (1832). 980 Robinson Road. Warren. Eclectic.
35. *Henry Brace Farm (1861). 428 Brace Road. Winfield. Italianate.
36. *Charles Rice Farm (1830). 588 State Route 51. Winfield. Federal.
37. House (c. 1855). 8900 State Route 51. Winfield. Italianate.
38. *Alexander Dewey Farm (1876). 644 US Highway 20. Winfield. Italianate.