Herkimer is a village on the north side of the Mohawk River and the county seat of Herkimer County, New York, United States, approximately 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Utica. As of the 2020 Census, it had a population of 7,234, and a predicted population of 7,283 at July 1 2022 It was part of the Burnetsfield Patent and the first colonial settlement this far west in the Mohawk Valley. Herkimer County Community College, located in the northwest part of the village, was founded in 1966 by the Herkimer County Board of Supervisors.