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Farmington in Ontario County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Smith's Mill

 
 
Smith's Mill Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 26, 2018
1. Smith's Mill Marker
Inscription.
Smith's Mill
Near this site Jacob
Smith erected the first
grist mill in Farmington,
1793, Anannias McMillan,
builder.

 
Erected 1939 by New York State Department of Education.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & CommerceSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1793.
 
Location. 42° 57.695′ N, 77° 22.148′ W. Marker is in Farmington, New York, in Ontario County. It is on Boughton Hill Road (County Route 41) 0.2 miles west of Mertensia Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6272 Boughton Hill Road, Farmington NY 14425, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, in the Finger Lakes, and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,
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New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lapham Home (approx. 0.2 miles away); Patriot Burials (approx. one mile away); Hathaway Home (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Hathaway Home (approx. one mile away); Site of Home and Laboratory of Fred M. Locke (approx. 2 miles away); Gannagaro (approx. 2.2 miles away); Ezra Wilmarth (approx. 2.2 miles away); Jikonhsaseh (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Farmington.
 
Smith's Mill Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, October 26, 2018
2. Smith's Mill Marker
Eastward
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 27, 2018. It was originally submitted on October 27, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 685 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 27, 2018, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.
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