Schoharie (town), New York
| Schoharie, New York | |
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| Town | |
 Location in Schoharie County and the state of New York. |
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| Coordinates: 42°40′44″N 74°18′44″W / 42.67889°N 74.31222°WCoordinates: 42°40′44″N 74°18′44″W / 42.67889°N 74.31222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Schoharie |
| Settled | 1718 |
| Established | 1788 |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | Martin Shrederis |
| Area | |
| • Total | 30.0 sq mi (77.6 km2) |
| • Land | 29.8 sq mi (77.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2) 0.57% |
| Elevation | 604 ft (184 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 3,299 |
| • Density | 110.7/sq mi (42.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 12157 |
| Area code(s) | 518 |
| FIPS code | 36-65596 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979470 |
| Website | Town of Schoharie, NY |
Schoharie /skəˈhɛəriː/ is a town in Schoharie County, New York. The population was 3,299 at the 2000 census.
The Town of Schoharie has a village, also called Schoharie. Both are derived from the Mohawk word for driftwood. The town is on the northeast border of the county and is southwest of Albany, and east of Oneonta and Cooperstown, both located in Otsego County.
This area was long occupied by indigenous peoples; in the historic period, the Mohawk people, one of the Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy, dominated this territory, ranging up to the St. Lawrence River and east to the Hudson.
Although the English claimed New York province after taking control from the Dutch, the first European settlements in this area were by Palatine Germans in 1713, after the area was first explored in 1710/11. These Germans were among nearly 3,000 German Protestant refugees who sailed to New York in 1710, on ships arranged by Queen Anne's government. They were refugees from the religious warfare along the border with France, and also had suffered the loss of crops from an extremely harsh winter in 1709, when the Rhine River froze. The English believed the German settlers could help develop the colony and granted them land to the west of English settlements.
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