Schoharie, NY

Schoharie is the Schoharie County seat, a village inside a town that shares its name. Both names come from a Mohawk word for driftwood, a fitting local clue for the Schoharie Creek, which runs north toward the Mohawk River. Palatine German settlers arrived in the area in 1713, after earlier exploration, and the town now sits along the county's northeastern edge. Interstate 88 crosses the northern part of the town, while the village keeps the county-seat business close to the creek valley. The quick local read is two Schoharies, one old name, and a waterway that carries the place toward the Mohawk.