History of Norway, New York, USA

Norway was formed in 1792 immediately after the creation of Herkimer County. Norway was originally a very large town, and it was subsequently broken up, directly or indirectly, into about thirty-six new towns in several bordering counties.

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1854 - Norway
Norway, a post-township of Herkimer co., N. Y., 20 miles N. E. from Utica. Pop., 1052.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.

Because of poor soil conditions, early farmers eventually turned to raising dairy herds. By 1887, there were six cheese factories in Norway.

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1895 - Norway
Norway, a post-Village in Norway township. Herkimer co., N.Y., 12 miles N. of Little Falls, and about 18 miles N.E. of Utica. It has 2 or 3 churches, a tannery, and about 30 houses. Pop. of the township 1054.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

1906
Norway, a post-village in Norway township (town), Herkimer co., N.Y., 12 miles N. of Little Falls. Pop. of the town in 1900, 680 ; of the village, about 125.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906