Schoharie is a village and the county seat of Schoharie County, New York. The population was 916 at the 2020 census. The name is a native word for driftwood. The Village of Schoharie is a cozy, quaint village nestled in the rolling foothills of the Catskill Mountains and the cascading valleys of the Schoharie Creek region. The area is rich in both colonial and Native American history.