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Greenville in Greene County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Benjamin Spees

 
 
Benjamin Spees Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, February 2, 2019
1. Benjamin Spees Marker
Site is behind the marker
Inscription. Settled here in 1791 in a log cabin built by a Tory
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1791.
 
Location. 42° 25.388′ N, 74° 1.105′ W. Marker is in Greenville, New York, in Greene County. It is on New York State Route 32, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Greenville NY 12083, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Hudson Valley. 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 New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: First School (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Talmage-Atwater (approx. Ό mile away); Rev. Beriah Hotchkin A.M. (approx. half a mile away); Site of Greenville Free Academy (approx. half a mile away); Edwin L. Drake (approx. half a mile away); 1635 English Lawyer (approx. 0.6 miles away); Greenville (approx. 0.6 miles away); Albany County (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greenville.
 
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Benjamin Spees Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, February 2, 2019
2. Benjamin Spees Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 3, 2019. It was originally submitted on February 3, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 685 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on February 3, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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