Oriskany Falls, NY

Oriskany Falls is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States. The 2020 census counted 658 residents. The name is derived from a waterfall on a nearby stream. The village is largely in the southeast section of Augusta, but partly overlaps Marshall. The through line in Oriskany Falls is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Oriskany Falls makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. The community is at the intersection of routes 12B and 26, which share a brief concurrency within the village and south to Bouckville. The community was first settled circa 1794. Oriskany Falls was originally known as Cassety Hollow, and was incorporated as the village of Oriskany Falls in the 1880s.