Editing Oneida County, New York (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1258|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1212|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|45|sqmi}} (3.6%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_36.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 6, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519062322/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_36.txt|archive-date=May 19, 2014}}</ref>

Oneida County is in the [[Central New York|central portion of New York State]], east of [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]], and west of [[Albany, New York|Albany]]. [[Oneida Lake]] is on the [[Ordinal directions|northwestern]] corner of the county, and the [[Adirondack Park]] is on the northeast. Part of the [[Tug Hill Plateau]] is in the northern part of the county. Oneida County's highest point lies neither on the plateau nor in the Adirondack Park, but in the county's southern extremity. The peak's name is Tassel Hill. It is located slightly southeast of Hardscrabble Road (Tassel Hill Road), between the villages of Waterville and Cassville.

The [[Erie Canal]], completed in 1825, runs east–west along the Mohawk River through the county. It stimulated considerable trade and settlement. [[Oneida Lake]] and [[Oneida Creek]] form part of the western boundary.

In the early 21st century, Oneida is the only county in New York state documented as having [[Chronic wasting disease]] among its wild [[White-tailed deer]].<ref>[http://www.cwd-info.org/index.php/fuseaction/recommendations.gmu Chronic Wasting Disease] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725044714/http://www.cwd-info.org/index.php/fuseaction/recommendations.gmu |date=July 25, 2011 }}. Cwd-info.org. Retrieved on August 23, 2013.</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Lewis County, New York|Lewis County]] – north
* [[Herkimer County, New York|Herkimer County]] – east
* [[Otsego County, New York|Otsego County]] – southeast
* [[Madison County, New York|Madison County]] – southwest
* [[Oswego County, New York|Oswego County]] – west

===National protected area===
* [[Fort Stanwix National Monument]]