Northeast

Rome

Oneida County, NY

Population

32,031

Walk Score

87 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$867

Median home value

$124,900

Incorporated

1870

Rome is a city in Oneida County, New York, United States, located in the central part of the state. The population was 32,127 at the 2020 census. Rome is one of two principal cities in the Utica–Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area, which lies in the "Leatherstocking Country" made famous by James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, set in frontier days before the American Revolutionary War. Rome is in New York's 21st congressional district.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Beeches Historic District, The · listed 2023
  • Gansevoort-Bellamy Historic District · listed 1975
  • Rome Residential Historic District · listed 2025

Notable landmarks

  • Arsenal House · listed 1974
  • First Methodist Episcopal Church of Rome · listed 2010
  • Fort Stanwix National Monument · listed 1966
  • Fort Wood Creek Site · listed 2019
  • Griffiss Air Force Base
  • Jervis Public Library · listed 1982
  • Mills House · listed 1997
  • Oriskany Battlefield · listed 1966
  • Rome Cemetery · listed 2022
  • Rome Elks Lodge No. 96 · listed 2013
  • Zion Church · listed 1997

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