Remsen, NY

Remsen is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The 2010 census counted 1,929 residents. The town is named after Henry Remsen, an early settler. Remsen contains a village also named Remsen. ] as Superintendent of the District which includes Remsen Elementary, and Remsen Junior-Senior High. The through line in Remsen is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Remsen makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. The town is north of Utica. Remsen was named for Henry Remsen II, the original proprietor of the township and the inheritor of the Remsenburgh patent, which embraced some 48,000 acres in Oneida and Herkimer counties and was granted in 1766 to Remsen and four other New York merchants. Remsen, a New York City merchant and owner of Henry Remsen Jr.