TOWN OF NORWAY
The Heart of Herkimer County
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Norway Historical Society is Selling Afghan's “Old Barns of Norway” Click here for Picture and more Info.

NHS calendar is now available – an all new selection of barns on the 2011 “Old Barns of Norway” calendar. Note that we have also re-designed the “framing” for each picture. And this year the “historical tidbits” are related to weather events in Norway over the last many years. Click here for Picture and price

RABIES CLINIC JUNE 15, 2011 from 3:30pm to 5:00pm at the Norway Recreation Center


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History

Norway, New York
Coordinates: 43° 12m 45s N , 74° 57m 20s W
Country
State
County

United states
New York
Herkimer
Area
-Town
-Land
-Water
Elevation


35.9 sq mi (92.9 km˛)
35.6 sq mi (92.2 km˛)
0.3 sq mi (0.7 km˛)
1,526 ft (465 m)
The town was permanently settled around 1787 after an abandoned effort in 1786.
Norway was formed in 1792 immediately after the creation of Herkimer County.
Norway was originally a very large town, and it was subsequently broken up, directly or indirectly, into about thirty-six new towns in several counties.
In Herkimer County, the Towns of Fairfield (1796), Russia (1806), Ohio (1823), Wilmurt (now defunct), and Webb (1836) were made by dividing Norway.
Part of Newport was taken from Norway in 1806. The creation of Oneida County, Lewis County, Clinton County, Hamilton County, and St. Lawrence County from Herkimer County accounts for the remaining towns derived from Norway.
In 1825, the town's population was 1,168.