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Near East Avon in Livingston County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Protected Farmland

Coyne Farms

 
 
Protected Farmland Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, March 8, 2020
1. Protected Farmland Marker
Inscription. In 2011 Genesee Valley Conservancy and the Coyne family permanently protected 1,410 acres of farmland.
 
Erected by Town of Avon, Livingston County, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Agriculture. A significant historical year for this entry is 2011.
 
Location. 42° 54.277′ N, 77° 41.262′ W. Marker is near East Avon, New York, in Livingston County. It is at the intersection of East Avon Lima Road (U.S. 20) and Jenks Road, on the left when traveling east on East Avon Lima Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1770 Jenks Road, Avon NY 14414, 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, New
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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: East Avon (approx. one mile away); John Hubbard Forsyth (approx. 1.8 miles away); North Avon (approx. 1.8 miles away); Marshall Farm (approx. 2.3 miles away); Yellow Wasp Inn (approx. 2.6 miles away); Albert C. Burke Jr. (approx. 2.9 miles away); Avon Civil War Monument (approx. 3 miles away); Town of Avon Civil War Memorial (approx. 3 miles away).
 
Also see . . .  Coyne Farms. (Submitted on March 10, 2020, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
 
Protected Farmland Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, March 8, 2020
2. Protected Farmland Marker
Coyne Farm image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, March 8, 2020
3. Coyne Farm
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 10, 2020. It was originally submitted on March 9, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 334 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on March 9, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 8, 2026