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Local city information for Oneida, NY
Oneida is a city in Madison County located east of Canastota, New York,United States. The population was 10,987 at the 2000 census. The city, like both the adjacent county and the nearby silver and china maker, takes its name from the Oneida Indians, some of whom are still concentrated in the municipal vicinity. The Oneida Indian Nation was one of the few members of the Iroquois Confederation to ally with the Revolutionaries in the American Revolution, and still claim a few acres of territory that has never been owned by white men.
The city of Oneida is a good example of pre-war city design, i.e., urban planning that is pedestrian-focused and bicycle-friendly; with public buildings, parks, and private residences well-mingled and within walking and biking distance, the city is gaining popularity with telecommuters who can choose where they live without the constraints of job location. Most residents of the city core are within walking distance to elementary schools, churches, and recreational activities. Recently, there has been renewed interest for increased bicycle infrastructure, especially a revitalization of the disused light rail pathways that ring the city's south and north side for multi-use by cyclists and recreation, and as a gateway to and from the inner and outer area retail districts.
Recreational waterways such as the Erie Canal and Oneida Creek are located on the perimeter of the city limits. City parks are distributed throughout the city, with the exception of the rural Mount Hope Reservoir park. Oneida has 10 public tennis courts, seven of them lit, and over of public space used for organized youth sports, fishing, hiking, mountain biking, cross country skiing, and a winter ice skating rink. Oneida is centrally located on the New York State Canalway Trail System, a network of more than of existing multi-use, recreational trails across upstate New York, with major segments adjacent to the waterways of the New York State Canal System. The Main-Broad-Grove Streets area was classified a historic district in 1983. The Oneida Community Mansion House is highlighted in the Madison County Architectural Heritage Trail.
Oneida is centrally placed between Montreal, Toronto, Buffalo, and New York
City; is one hour from the Adirondacks, and is just south of Oneida Lake- the largest lake
entirely within New York and known for its clean water and recreational fishing, boating, sailing, and sailboarding. Oneida culture and the arts is also serviced by the Central New York Community Arts Council, providing a regional art and cultural events calendar, and arts advocacy to ensure funding for all arts organizations. Frequent CNYCAC cultural events include jazz and performing arts and artistic events. During the spring and summer months, an open-air farmer's market is held in downtown Oneida with locally-grown produce, and open-air concerts are held in Allen Park featuring live country roots performers.
Oneida is within one of the most optimal regions in the Northeastern U.S. for wind energy, and is several miles from the Fenner Windpower Project , which boasts 20 1.5 megawatt windmills and is the largest windmill farm in New York. Oneida benefits from several academia within commuting distance including Colgate University, Hamilton College, the State University of New York Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, Le Moyne College, Mohawk Valley Community College, Cazenovia College, and State University of New York at Morrisville. In addition to its close proximity to Vernon Downs, a local horse racing track with a long-standing equine heritage, Oneida is located in Madison County- which is seeing a resurgence in sustainable and organic agribusiness tailored to local consumers, and is instituting a Mobile Farmers’ Market called Madison Bounty, where customers (individual households, grocery stores, restaurants, etc.) will be able to order locally grown and processed items online and have them delivered directly to their door.
Oneida is located at (43.084961, -75.653375). The city is located between Syracuse and Utica.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.1 square miles (57.2 km²), of which, 22.0 square miles (57.1 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.23%) is water.
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