The City of Oneonta is located within Otsego County, New York, and is surrounded by the Town of Oneonta, a separate political unit. The city was established in 1908 and as of the 2000 U.S. Census, had a population of 13,292. Oneonta is home to the National Soccer Hall of Fame, State University of New York at Oneonta, Hartwick College, and the Oneonta Tigers baseball club of the New York-Penn League. Oneonta is the birthplace of Henry E. Huntington, George Winthrop Fairchild, Jerry Jeff Walker and Sherman Mills Fairchild. Oneonta apartments for rent comparison page shows most up to date rent information on Oneonta apartments and houses. Rent information is obtained from multiple rental sources but we cannot guarantee their accuracy.