Tag: Unadilla
Unadilla is a village located in the Town of Unadilla in Otsego County, New York, USA. The population was 1,128 at the 2010 census.
The Village of Unadilla is located in the south part of the town, southwest of Oneonta. The community refers to itself as “The Village Beautiful.”
The town was originally the site of an Indian village at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Unadilla Rivers where the Village of Sidney (in Delaware County) is now located. The name Unadilla, which represents one spelling from a number of different interpretations of several Indian dialects, is said to mean “Meeting Place”, indicating the place where two rivers meet.
Unadilla was first settled by whites around 1770. The location of the village now called Unadilla was first settled about the same time by a group of Scots-Irish at the junction of the Ouleout Creek and the Susquehanna River. Both villages were destroyed by the Continental Army in October 1778 because they were being used by Loyalists as a base…
