Canastota in Madison County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Grain Pits

Photographed by Mollie, January 11, 2020

1. Grain Pits Marker

Inscription. These pits are remains
of community storage
cellars for corn, beans
and squash. Used by
the Iroquois Indians.

Erected 1935 by State Education Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Indigenous Peoples and Communities.

Location. 43° 0.301′ N, 75° 44.485′ W. Marker is in Canastota, New York, in Madison County. It is on Nichols Pond Road half a mile north of W Mile Strip Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5832 Nichols Pond Rd, Canastota NY 13032, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Central New York,

and in the Syracuse Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Oneida Stone of 1615 (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Nichols Pond Park (approx. 0.2 miles away); Site of Champlain Battle (approx. 0.2 miles away); Oneida Indian Village Wall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Town of Lincoln Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.6 miles away); The Abolition Road (approx. 2.6 miles away); Kriemhild Herd (approx. 3.2 miles away); Myths of The Underground Railroad (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Canastota.

Photographed by Mollie, January 11, 2020

2. Grain Pits Marker

A few of the grain pits described on the marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Scott J. Payne, March 7, 2026

3. A few of the grain pits described on the marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 18, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 11, 2020, by Mollie of Syracuse, New York. This page has been viewed 936 times since then and 61 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 11, 2020, by Mollie of Syracuse, New York. 3. submitted on March 7, 2026, by Scott J. Payne of Deposit, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.