Oneonta Municipal Airport (N66) is north of the city. The city is surrounded by the town of Oneonta, a separate municipal and political jurisdiction. This refers to a prominent geological formation known as "Table Rock" at the western end of the city. Its nickname is "City of the Hills." While the word "oneonta" is of undetermined origin, it is popularly believed to mean "place of open rocks" in the Mohawk language. Census, Oneonta had a population of 13,079. The approximately 5,800 students from SUNY Oneonta and the approximately 1,500 students at Hartwick make up a significant percentage of the population of Oneonta.
SUNY Oneonta began as a normal school and a teacher's college in 1889, and Hartwick College moved into the city in 1928. Oneonta is home to the State University of New York at Oneonta and Hartwick College. It is one of the northernmost cities of Appalachia.
Oneonta ( / ˌ oʊ n i ˈ ɒ n t ə/ OH-nee- ON-tə) is a city in southern Otsego County, New York, United States.