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List of New York State Historic Markers in Oneida County, New York

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This is an incomplete list of New York State Historic Markers in Oneida County, New York.[1]

Listings county-wide

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Marker name Image Location City/Town Coords Marker text
"Stone Church" Nys 12B In Oriskany Falls Oriskany Falls, New York 42°56′24.6″N 75°27′34.9″W / 42.940167°N 75.459694°W / 42.940167; -75.459694 Built 1834 By The Congregational Society Dedication Sermon By Rev. O. Bartholomew, Early Pastor Rev. John Cross
Amos Parker Sallsville-augusta Co., Rd., 1/2 Me. South Of Augusta Augusta, Town Of, New York 1762–1842 Tallest Man In American Army. Saved Gen. La Fayette's Life. Present At The Surrender Of Cornwallis. Buried Here.
Augusta, New York On Nys 26 In Augusta Augusta, Town Of, New York Oneida County March 15Th 1798 Formed From The Town Of Whitestown
Augusta Academy Nys 12B In Oriskany Falls Oriskany Falls, New York Founded 1834. Semicircular Stone Building Used Until 1878. Its Unique Design Was A Curiosity. First Teacher Melville Adams.
Augusta Church On Nys 26 In Augusta Augusta, Town Of, New York Organized 2797, By Congregational Society
Cassety Hollow Nys 12-B & Nys 26 In Oriskany Falls Oriskany Falls, New York 42°56′19.9″N 75°27′42.8″W / 42.938861°N 75.461889°W / 42.938861; -75.461889 Settled In 1794 Thomas Cassety, Who Erected A Grist Mill Here. Later Renamed Oriskany Falls
Chenago Canal Nys 26, Oriskany Falls Oriskany Falls, New York Authorized 1833. Utica To Binghamton. Completed 1836. 72 Locks In 30 Miles. Abandoned 1876
Dr. A. Burgoyne South St. In Knoxboro Knoxboro, New York 1737–1824 Buried In This Cemetery. Was Physician At Saratoga Under Gen. Burgoyne, 1777. Lived With Daughter In Augusta.
INDIAN TRAIL
Knoxboro Rd. In Knoxboro Knoxboro, New York 42°59′10.7″N 75°31′19.99″W / 42.986306°N 75.5222194°W / 42.986306; -75.5222194 Used By Oneida, Tuscarora, Brotherton And Stockbridge Indians As A Channel Of Commerce About 1700. Made Highway Soon After 1800
Knox House South St. In Knoxboro Knoxboro, New York Built 1820 By Gen. J. J. Knox, Pioneer Settler, 1791–1876. Village Of Knoxboro Named In His Honor
Site of Sallsville-Augusta Co. Rd. 1½ Mis. South Of Augusta Augusta, Town Of, New York Log School First In Augusta, Built 1797. Augusta Then Known As Bartlett's Corner. Used As Church And Meeting House
Site of College St. Rd., 1/2 Mile North Of Oriskany Falls Oriskany Falls, New York The Gunn House About 500 Feet From Here Built In 1793. First House In The Town Of Augusta Built By A White Settler.
Site of West St. In Knoxboro Knoxboro, New York Lock Company Organized 2862, By J.c. Knox. High Grade Locks Were Manufactured Here For A Number Of Years.
Union Church South & East Sts., Knoxboro Knoxboro, New York Built 1849 By Methodists And Presbyterians. Lumber Hauled From Old Church Built About 1800 On East Hills. Converted To School 1873.
Utica Clinton Broad St., Oriskany Falls Oriskany Falls, New York Binghamton R.r. Formed 1862. Completed From Utica To Terminate At This Site 1858, Extended South 1871
Black River Canal On Nys 12 In Boonville Boonville, Town Of, New York Site Of Lock 71, Summit Level; 710 Feet Above Rome; From Here Water Flowed North To St Lawrence, South To Mohawk
Black River Canal Nys 46 At Entrance To Pixley Falls Park Boonville, Town Of, New York Site Of The Once Famous Five Combines-world's Record For Number Of Canal Locks; Canal Has 109 Locks In 35 Miles Of Waterway
Boonville, New York On Nys 12-D In Boonville Boonville, Town Of, New York Settled 1795; Named For Gerrit Boon, Native Leyden, Holland, Agent Of Holland Land Co.; Town Formed 1805; Village Incorporated 1855
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH So. Side James St., Boonville Boonville, Town Of, New York Society Organized 1805 Present Edifice Built 1855–1856 Re-dedication 1955
OLD FRENCH ROAD On Nys 12, 1 Mile S.e. Of Boonville Boonville, Town Of, New York Built By French Colonists, 1790 On Way To Settle Castorland; First Road To North Country, Following An Iroquois War Trail.
BIRTHPLACE OF Town Rd. At Babcock Hill Bridgewater, Town Of, New York Dr. Stephen Moulton Babcock Inventor Of Babcock Milk Test Scientist, Educator, Friend Benefactor Of Agriculture 1843–1931
BRIDGEWATER On Us 20 In Bridgewater Bridgewater, Town Of, New York Oneida County March 24Th 1797 Transferred From Chenango County April 4, 1804
DEERFIELD Nys 8, 2 Mis. No. Of Nys 5 & 12 Deerfield, Town Of, New York Oneida County March 15Th 1798 Formed From The Town Of Schuyler Herkimer County
ARROW Nys 12, 1 Mi. No. Of Nys 5 Deerfield, Town Of, New York 17 Miles Tomb Of Baron Steuben In State Memorial Park Near Remsen
FLOYD Nys 46 In Floyd Floyd, Town Of, New York March 4Th 1796 Named In Honor Of William Floyd, 1734–1821 A Signer Of The Declaration Of Independence
FORESTPORT River And White Lake Sts. In Forestport Forestport, Town Of, New York Town-1869. Village-1903. First Settlement 1795 In 1777 St. Leger's Indians Retreated Through Here Oriskany To Crown Point.
ST. LEGER'S HILL N. Lake Rd., 5 Mis. East Of Forestport Forestport, Town Of, New York 1777 Easterly Over This Route 450 Of St. Leger's Indians Retreated From Oriskany To Crown Point
ELIHU ROOT Hamilton College Campus, Clinton Kirkland, Town Of, New York Secretary Of War Secretary Of State United States Senator Was Born In This Building February 15, 1845
FIRST GRIST MILL Nys 412 In Clinton Kirkland, Town Of, New York Near This Spot First Grist Mill Was Built In Winter Of 1787. Before This Early Settlers Had To Carry Grist To Whitestown
HAMILTON COLLEGE Hamilton College Campus, Clinton Kirkland, Town Of, New York Founded As Hamilton-oneida Academy, 1793 By The Rev. Samuel Kirkland. Chartered As Hamilton College May 26, 1812.
HAMILTON COLLEGE CHAPEL Hamilton College Campus, Clinton Kirkland, Town Of, New York 1827 An Unusual And Distinctive Three Story Church Desigened By Philip Hooker Of Albany
WASHINGTON TRACT Nys 233, 1½ Mis. South Of Kirkland Kirkland, Town Of, New York These Lands Are Part Of Parcel Of Ground Deeded To Nathaniel Griffin By George Washington And Dewitt Clinton In 1790
[ARROW] 17 MILES Nys 49 And Nys 12-C Marcy, Town Of, New York Tomb Of Baron Steuben In State Memorial Park Near Remsen
HOME OF Nys 315, 4 Mis., N.w. Of Waterville Marshall, Town Of, New York Brotherton Indians 1783–1850 Among Whom Lived, 1785–1792, Samson Occom Indian Presbyterian Preacher
1ST RELIGIOUS Nys 5 And Nys 12, New Hartford New Hartford, Town Of, New York Society Of The Town Of Whitestown Organized 1791 Church Dedicated Nov. 29, 1797
A GRIST MILL Oxford Pl. & Mill St., New Hartford New Hartford, Town Of, New York Was Built 350 Feet East Of Here In 1790 By Jedediah Sanger, First Settler And Founder Of New Hartford
JEDEDIAH SANGER Nys 5 And Nys 12, New Hartford New Hartford, Town Of, New York Founded New Hartford In 1788 By Purchasing 1000 Acres Of Land And Settling Here With His Family
BIRTHPLACE OF Pinnacle Rd., In Sauquoit Paris, Town Of, New York [Arrow] Dr. Asa Gray Born November 18, 1810 Died January 30, 1888 World Famous Botanist
BIRTHPLACE OF Pinnacle Rd., In Sauquoit Paris, Town Of, New York [Arrow] Dr. Asa Gray Born November 18, 1810 Died January 30, 1888 World Famous Botanist
METHODIST CHURCH Mohawk St. At Pinnacle Rd. In Sauquoit Paris, Town Of, New York First Sermon Preached In Northern New York 1788 By Elder Freeborn Garretson Within Whitestown Sauquoit Society Formed 1788 First In Conference
ARROW Nys 8 At Pinnacle Rd., In Sauquoit Paris, Town Of, New York 7/8 Mile Birthplace Of Dr. Asa Gray World Famous Botanist
REMSEN
Nys 12-B, Remsen Remsen, Town Of, New York 43°19′39″N 75°11′13″W / 43.32750°N 75.18694°W / 43.32750; -75.18694 Oneida County March 15Th 1798 Formed From The Town Os Norway, Herkimer County
ARROW Nys 12-B, Remsen Remsen, Town Of, New York Next Turn Right To Tomb Of Baron Steuben In State Memorial Park
ARROW Fairchild Rd., North Of Hinckley Reservoir Remsen, Town Of, New York 1 Mile East Col. Marinus Willett Routed British-tory Force Oct. 30, 1783 Along West Canada Creek; Walter Butler, Tory Leader Was Killed By An Oneida
ARROW Nys 12 12-B, Remsen Remsen, Town Of, New York 4 Miles Tomb Of Baron Steuben In State Memorial Park Near Remsen
1755–1756 E. Dominick & Bouck Sts. Rome, City Of, New York [Arrow] Revolutionary Battlefields And Colonial Fort Sites
1755–1756 Bouck St. Between E. Whitesboro & E. Dominick Sts. Rome, City Of, New York Fort Williams Guarded Upper Mohawk Landing Burned In A Panic By British Gen. Webb
DURING SIEGE OF E. Bloomfield St. & Harding Blvd. Rome, City Of, New York 43°12′39.9″N 75°26′26″W / 43.211083°N 75.44056°W / 43.211083; -75.44056 Fort Stanwix Aug. 1777 Main British Camp Was Between This Point And Bluff To South
FORT CRAVEN E. Whitesboro St. Between Bouck & Mill Sts. Rome, City Of, New York Destroyed In British Panic Before Completion Aug. 31, 1756
FORT NEWPORT Calvert St. Between Arsenal St. And Brewer Alley Rome, City Of, New York A Small Colonial Post Which Guarded Upper Wood Creek Landing Place
HERE PASSED W. Dominick & Jay Sts. Rome, City Of, New York Ancient Carry Passed Southward To Fort Newport And Wood Creek
HERE PASSED George And Liberty Sts. Rome, City Of, New York From East To West The Ancient Carry From The Mohawk To Wood Creek
INLAND CANAL So. James & E. Whitesboro Sts. Rome, City Of, New York Begun 1792 And Second Erie Canal Completed 1844
OLD BLACK RIVER CANAL Black R. Blvd. & E. Whitesboro St. Rome, City Of, New York Building 1836–1855; Connected Mohawk Valley With Black River Country; Opening Up 90 Miles Navigable Waterway; Joined Erie Canal Here.
ROME No. James & W. Park Sts. Rome, City Of, New York March 4Th 1796 Formed From The Town Of Steuben
SITE OF W. Dominick St. Between Arsenal & Jay Sts. Rome, City Of, New York U.s. Arsenal Maintained During War Of 1812 And Subsequently
THE CENTRAL N.Y. On Nys 26 Rome, City Of, New York School For The Deaf Founded Jan. 27, 1875 By Alphonso Johnson, Thomas Gallaudet And Rome Citizens
ARROW W. Dominick St. & Arsenal Sts. Rome, City Of, New York One Block To Site Of Fort Newport And Wood Creek Landing
ARROW E. Dominick St. Between James And Spring Sts. Rome, City Of, New York Historic Elm This Elm Was A Sapling Growing On The Southwest Bastion Of Fort Stanwix In 1804
ARROW Nys 69 At Oriskany Battlefield Rome, City Of, New York Lower Landing And Oriskany Battlefield
ARROW Mill And E, Whitesboro Sts. Rome, City Of, New York Fort Stanwix And Revolutionary Skirmishes
NORWEST 35 RODS Nys 46, 2 Mis. N. Of Rome Rome, Town Of, New York Jesse Williams In 1851 Inaugurated The Cheese Factory System Thus Revolutionizing Dairying
ORISKANY Nys 69 At Oriskany Battlefield Rome, Town Of, New York Battlefield 1777 Public Welcome
ARROW Nys 46 North Of Rome Rome, Town Of, New York 20 Miles Tomb Of Baron Steuben In State Memorial Park Near Remsen
BIRTHPLACE OF Nys 12 In Waterville Sangerfield, Town Of, New York George Eastman Inventor Of Kodak Born July 12, 1854 Died In Rochester March 14, 1932
PROPERTY LINE Nys 12 North Of Waterville Sangerfield, Town Of, New York Western Boundary Of Civilization Fixed By Fort Stanwix Treaty Nov. 5, 1768. Witnessed By Sir William Johnson
SANGERFIELD Nys 12 At Town Line Sangerfield, Town Of, New York Oneida County March 15Th 1795 Transferred From Chenango County April 4Th 1804.
300 FEET WEST Co. Rd., 1 Mi. W. Of Remsen Steuben, Town Of, New York Site Of Home Robert Everett (1791–1875) Anti-slavery Reformer Minister Chapel Ucha 37 Years Editor "Cenhadwr" (Welsh) 35 Years
BARON STEUBEN At Baron Steuben Memorial Steuben, Town Of, New York Instector General Of Army Major General In Revolution Citizen Of United States And New York State
BURIAL PLACE In Field 1/4 Mi. N. Of Co. Rd., 2 Mis. E. Of Steuben Steuben, Town Of, New York Of Samuel Sizer, Abigail Sizer, Asa Sizer And Abigail Tyler Mitchell, The Mother Of Abigail Sizer
CAPEL ISAF OR Co. Rd., 1 Mi. W. Of Remsen Steuben, Town Of, New York Second Baptist Church Once Located Here Cared For The Grave Of Baron Steuben For Ninety-five Years (1804–1899)
CAPT. SIMEIN WOODRUFF Co. Rd., 1/2 Mi. W. Of Remsen Steuben, Town Of, New York Circumnavigated Globe With Capt. Cook. Leased This Farm May 26, 1791 From Baron Steuben Buried Capel Ucha Cemetery
EENEZER WEEKS Co. Rd., 1/2 Mi. W. Of Remsen Steuben, Town Of, New York Settled Here 1791 Buried In Adjoining Meadow Built Bake Oven And Did Coopering For Baron Steuben
FIRST GRAVE Co. Rd. W. Of Baron Steuben Memorial Steuben, Town Of, New York Of Baron Steuben Near This Spot By His Own Wish He Was Buried Wrapped In His Military Cloak In An Unmarked Grave
FRIEDRICH WILHELM At Baron Steuben Memorial Steuben, Town Of, New York Baron Von Steuben Born September 17, 1730 Magdeburg, Germany Died Here November 28, 1794 Erection Completed 1872
FULLER FARM Co. Rd., 1 Mi. W. Of Remsen Steuben, Town Of, New York Acquired 1793 From Baron Steuben By Capt. Simeon Fuller, B. 1761-D. 1852 Held By Him And His Descendants To The Present Day
GERMAN-AMERICAN At Baron Steuben Memorial Steuben, Town Of, New York Organizations Assisted By State Of New York Erected This Tomb In Honor Of Their Great Fellow Countryman
SACRED GROVE At Baron Steuben Memorial Steuben, Town Of, New York Is The Name Given In 1804 To These Woods Hallowed By Associations With Baron Steuben, The American Patriot
SAMUEL SIZER Co. Rd. 2 Mis. E. Of Steuben Steuben, Town Of, New York First Settler On Steuben Grant, 1787. Farm Manager For Baron Steuben Burial Place In Meadow 80 Rods North Of This Marker
SAW-MILL Nr. Creek, No. Of Fuller Rd. Steuben, Town Of, New York Of Baron Steuben Built 1790 Near This Spot Remains Of Dam Visible
STARR HILL Co. Rd.1 Mi. W. Of Baron Steuben Memorial Steuben, Town Of, New York Named For David Starr Captain In Continental Army Friend And Neighbor Of Baron Steuben Settled Here 1791
STEUBEN GRANT Co. Rd. W. Of Baron Steuben Memorial Steuben, Town Of, New York Of 16,000 Acres By The State Of New York, June 27, 1786 For Service In The Revolution He Cleared Sixty Acres Near Here For Home Site (1788–1793)
STEUBEN STATE At Baron Steuben Memorial Steuben, Town Of, New York Memorial Park Dedicated September 12, 1931 By Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor Of New York
STEUBEN STATE At Baron Steuben Memorial Steuben, Town Of, New York Memorial Park Included Fifty Acres Given In 1804 By Col. Benj. Walker, Friend And Aide Of Steuben, To Second Baptist Church
THIS MONUMENT At Baron Steuben Memorial Steuben, Town Of, New York Covers The Remains Of Baron Steuben Governor Horatio Seymour Laid Cornerstone June 1, 1870 Erection Completed 1872
THIS PARK At Baron Steuben Memorial Steuben, Town Of, New York Was Created In Memory Of Friedrich Wilhelm Baron Steuben, Major General In The War For Independence
TOWN OF STEUBEN Nys 46-A In Steuben Steuben, Town Of, New York Formed April 10, 1792 Named In Honor Of Baron Steuben Originally Extended To North Bounds Of The State
WELSH IMMIGRANTS Co. Rd., 1/2 Mi. W. Of Remsen Steuben, Town Of, New York Beginning 1795 Cleared And Settled Greater Part Of Steuben Grant. Built First Church Here 1804.
ARROW Co. Rd. From Steuben & Remsen Steuben, Town Of, New York 2 Miles Tomb Of Baron Steuben In State Memorial Park
CINCINNATI CREEK Nys 28, 2 Mis. S. E. Of Trenton Trenton, Town Of, New York Named By Baron Steuben To Commemorate The Society Of The Cincinnati Which He Helped To Found In 1783
TRENTON Nys 12 In Barneveld Trenton, Town Of, New York Oneida County March 24, 1797 Formed From The Town Of Schuyler, Herkimer County
BAGG'S TAVERN Genesee And Main St. Utica, City Of, New York Originally A Log House Founded 1794 By Moses Bagg Washington, La Fayette Henry Clay & Gen. Grant Were Guests Here
ARROW Fuller Rd @ Nys 274 Town of Remsen, New York 2 Mi Tomb Of Baron Steuben In State Memorial Park Near Remsen
[ARROW] 17 MILES Nys 5 E. Of Nys 8 & 12 Utica, City Of, New York Tomb Of Baron Steuben In State Memorial Park Near Remsen
MISSION CHURCH Seneca Ave. Between Verona And Sconon Dora Sts. In Vernon Vernon, Town Of, New York Of The Oneidas Built By Rev. Eleazer Williams 1818 Moved In 1842 From Oneida Castle By Unitarians. Vernon Town Hall Since 1892.
ONEIDA CASTLE Nys 5 In Oneida Castle Village Vernon, Town Of, New York Chief Village Of Oneida Tribe Of Indians Members Of Iroquois Confederacy
ROYAL Nys 13 In Sylvan Beach Verona, Town Of, New York Blockhouse 60 Rods East Of This Point Stood Fort Erected By British In 1759
STARK'S LANDING Nys 46 In Higinsville Verona, Town Of, New York Javez Hough Stark, Pioneer Built 1St Presbyterian Church, Seneca Falls 1807. Came Here 1821; Built House Across Canal 1823-5.
WESTERN Nys 46 Near School In Westernville Western, Town Of, New York Oneida County March 10, 1797 Formed From The Town Of Steuben
ARROW Nys 46 & 46-A In Frenchville Western, Town Of, New York 11 Miles Tomb Of Baron Steuben In State Memorial Park Near Remsen
BIRTHPLACE OF Co. Rd. In Westmoreland Westmoreland, Town Of, New York Samuel Eels 1810–1842 Who In 1832 Founded The Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity At Hamilton College
1ST PRESBYTERIAN Elm And Main Sts., Whitesboro Whitestown, Town Of, New York Church Of Whitesboro Organized April 1, 1793 Bethuel Dodd, 1St Pastor
ENGLISH HOME Nys 69 In Yorkville Whitestown, Town Of, New York Built 1792. Birthplace Of Henry Inman, 1801-46 Artist Who Excelled In Portraits, Landscapes And Miniatures
HERE STOOD THE HOME OF Dexter Ave. Between Graham And Utica Sts. In Oriskany Whitestown, Town Of, New York Colonel Gerrit G. Lansing Officer In Cont. Army Who Purchased Land Whereon Oriskanyt Was Founded 1902
SITE OF Nys 69 In Oriskany Whitestown, Town Of, New York Woolen Mill Erected In 1810 Believed To Be The 1St In America To Manufacture Fabrics From Raw Material
TOWN HALL In Front Of Town Hall, Whitesboro Whitestown, Town Of, New York Erectd 1807 Early Co. Court House Presented To Whitestown By Hon. Philo White 1860
WHITESTOWN Main St. & Victor Pkwy., Whitesboro Whitestown, Town Of, New York March 7Th 1788 Named In Honor Of Judge Hugh White A First Settler May 1784

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References

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  1. ^ "New York State Historic Markers". New York State Historic Markers. New York Museum. 2009-07-15. Archived from the original on 2013-03-24.