Oneida, New York

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Oneida, New York, a city of Madison County, 26 miles east of Syracuse, on Oneida Creek and on the New York Central Hudson River and the New York, Ontario Western railroads. Oneida Castle, the ancient seat of the Oneida Indians, is in the vicinity, and two miles south is the Oneida Community, which was converted in 1881 into a joint-stock industrial company. Oneida has many points of interest and fine residences. Its industrial interests are represented by manufactories of steel traps, asbesto's shingles, coffins, milking machines, chucks, auto wheels and bodies, steel and wood pulleys and cigars. Silverware is extensively made at the Oneida Community. Large quantities of peas and dairy products are exported from this city. The first settlers came in 1834 and Oneida was chartered as a city in 1901. Population in 1920, U. S. Census, 10,541.