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Mohawk, Herkimer County, New York

Mohawk is a village in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The population was 2,731 at the 2010 census. The village was named after the adjacent river. The Village of Mohawk is at the north border of the Town of German Flatts and adjacent to the Erie Canal. Mohawk is southeast of Utica. The sports teams of the Mohawk school district call themselves the "Mohicans". The Mohawk Nation occupied the Mohawk Valley.

Located at 43.0103, -75.005 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Herkimer (village), New York

Herkimer is a village in Herkimer County, New York, United States, about 13 miles southeast of Utica. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 7,743 people. The village is named after the Herkimers, Palatine German immigrants who settled in this area in 1723. The most notable one was Nicholas Herkimer, a general of the Tryon County militia, who died from wounds received at the Battle of Oriskany in the American Revolutionary War.

Located at 43.0261, -74.9903 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Herkimer County Community College

Herkimer County Community College is a two-year community college in the Village of Herkimer in Herkimer County, New York, USA. The college is in the northwest part of the village, bounded on the north by Reservoir Road.

Located at 43.0423, -75.0009 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Fort Dayton

Fort Dayton was an American Revolutionary War fort located on the North side of the Mohawk River at West Canada Creek in what is now Herkimer, New York. A fort had previously been built on the same site during the French and Indian War.

Located at 43.0292, -74.99 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Fort Herkimer

Fort Herkimer was a fort located on the southern side of the Mohawk River, opposite West Canada Creek, in central New York, United States. The fort was first built in 1740, around the homestead of the Herscheimer (Herkimer) family. In 1757 during the Seven Years War, young Captain Nicholas Herkimer (later to be a heroic general in the Revolutionary War) had his first military command here when the French attacked German Flatts in 1757 and 1758.

Located at 43.0169, -74.9525 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. New York is the 27th-most extensive, the 3rd-most populous, and the 7th-most densely populated of the 50 United States. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east.

Located at 43, -75 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Attack on German Flatts (1757)

On November 12, 1757 during the French and Indian War, a company of French and Indian warriors staged an attack on German Flatts, on the north side of the Mohawk River in the British Province of New York. The settlement of Palatine German refugees and their families was destroyed, and many of the women and children were taken prisoner. (Since 1788 the village has been called Herkimer, New York and not German Flatts.)

Located at 43.0261, -74.9903 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Attack on German Flatts (1778)

The Attack on German Flatts (September 17, 1778) was a raid on the frontier settlement of German Flatts, New York (which then also encompassed what is now Herkimer) during the American Revolutionary War. The attack was made by a mixed force of Loyalists and Iroquois under the overall command of Mohawk leader Joseph Brant, and resulted in the destruction of houses, barns, and crops, and the taking of livestock for the raiders' use.

Located at 43.0261, -74.9903 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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