Welcome...to Brewerton, New York!

Brewerton has an estimated population of 2,900 people. It is located north of Cicero, and its main routes of travel are State Routes 11 and 81. In 1615, Samuel de Champlain and ten Frenchmen stood upon the north shore of the Oneida River and beheld the present site of Brewerton. This was a popular area for the Indians because of its communications center and fishing. In 1759, Fort Brewerton was built on the west end of Oneida Lake. The first settler in Brewerton was Oliver Stevens, who came in 1789. Three years later, the State Legislature authorized the construction of a highway between Brewerton and the first Ward of Salina. This was to become "The Salt Road," or known as Route 11 today. The strip between Brewerton and Central Square was abandoned in 1873 due to the creation of The Syracuse Northern Railroad. Three bridges were later built to span the Oneida River, and the Route 81 bridge was the longest prestressed girder bridge in the Western Hemisphere, which opened in 1961.

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