Madison County, New York

Street maps, historic prints and keepsakes for 8 Madison County towns.

The largest by population is Oneida (10,329).

About these towns

Canastota: The area that makes up Canastota was once inhabited by people of the Oneida Nation, a member of the Haudenosanee confederacy. The Nation's homelands before European settlement of central New York consisted of more than six million acres from the St.

Cazenovia: The town of Cazenovia was established in 1793 from the towns of Whitestown and Paris (both in Oneida County) before the creation of Madison County.

Deruyter: DeRuyter was one of five towns formed before Madison County was created. It was established by a partition of the town of Cazenovia in 1798.

Hamilton: The location was formerly called "Payne's Corners". The town of Hamilton was established in 1795, before the county was formed, from the town of Paris in Oneida County.

Madison: The village of Madison is the largest community within the town. Madison, along with the rest of Madison County, is part of the Syracuse Metropolitan Area.

Morrisville: The community was named for Thomas Morris and was originally called "Morris Flats". It was made the county seat in 1817 when it was moved from Cazenovia.

Munnsville: In 1990 the village received national media attention and interviews by Connie Chung when a local dairy farmer, Delbert Ward, allegedly murdered his brother William Ward by suffocation.

Oneida: In the post-Revolutionary period, central and western New York were settled by many migrants from New England. With development of the Erie Canal in the early 19th century, the movement of people expanded towards the Midwest as trade and commerce increased.

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Founding years, populations and town notes come from each town's Wikipedia and Wikidata entries. All New York towns.