Oneida (, Oneida: kanaˀalóhaleˀ) is a city in Madison County in the U.S. state of New York. It is located west of Oneida Castle (in Oneida County) and east of Wampsville. The population was 11,390 at the 2010 census. The city, like both Oneida County and the clear silver and china maker, was named for the Oneida tribe, which had a large territory here a propos Oneida Lake during the colonial period.

This Place was ration of the territory of the Oneida tribe during the colonial era. The Oneida were one of the original Five Nations of the Iroquois League and many Oneida were allies of the Americans during the Revolutionary War, although the Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Mohawk tribes led by Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant, who fought for the British out of Niagara, decimated several lonesome American settlements. Returning to their homes after the Revolution, the Oneida men who served and supported the American effort were compensated by the U.S. government for their losses and took in remnants of the Mohegan nation.

The federally recognized Oneida Nation owns land in this vicinity, where some members live. It operates the Turning Stone Casino and Resort in Verona. It is one of four official tribes of Oneida people, the and no-one else one in the state.

In the post-Revolutionary period, central and western New York were decided by many migrants from New England. With encroachment of the Erie Canal in the to the front 19th century, the doings of people expanded towards the Midwest as trade and commerce increased. Oneida’s increase began to pick up as further trade routes were opened, especially in the era initially once construction of the Oneida Lake canal and feeder and an united railroad stop, tying it into major trade networks of the day.