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

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

## Listings county-wide

| Marker name | 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 | Augusta-Solsville Rd & Anderson Rd, 1.2 Miles South of Augusta | Augusta, Town Of, New York | 42°57′25″N 75°30′04″W﻿ / ﻿42.95705°N 75.50101°W﻿ / 42.95705; -75.50101 | 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 | 42°58′33″N 75°30′04″W﻿ / ﻿42.9757°N 75.50117°W﻿ / 42.9757; -75.50117 | 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 | 42°58′34″N 75°30′05″W﻿ / ﻿42.97607°N 75.50133°W﻿ / 42.97607; -75.50133 | 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 Log School | Augusta-Solsville Rd., in Augusta | Augusta, Town Of, New York | 42°58′22″N 75°30′06″W﻿ / ﻿42.97291°N 75.5016°W﻿ / 42.97291; -75.5016 | 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 |