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Bisbeetown

 
 
Bisbeetown Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, July 12, 2020
1. Bisbeetown Marker
Inscription. Settled 1819 by Luther Bisbee Born 1762 - Died 1856 Soldier in the American Revolution from Massachusetts Site 1st house 1 mile south
 
Erected 1932 by State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Settlements & SettlersWar, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1819.
 
Location. 42° 33.411′ N, 77° 49.409′ W. Marker is in Dansville, New York, in Livingston County. It is on Nunda-Dansville Rd (New York State Route 436), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Dansville NY 14437, 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 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: Home - 1850 (approx. Ό mile away); Telegraph Road (approx. 0.3 miles away); Indian Cabin (approx. 0.6 miles away); Isaac Hampton (approx. 3.3 miles away); The First Presbyterian Church of Ossian (approx. 3.3 miles away); Gambrel Roofed Barn (approx. 3.3 miles away); Ossian Center (approx. 3.3 miles away); Ossian (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dansville.
 
Bisbeetown Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, July 12, 2020
2. Bisbeetown Marker
Looking east on Rt 436 between Dansville and Nunda, NY - marker on the left side
Bisbeetown Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, July 12, 2020
3. Bisbeetown Marker
Looking west on Rt 436 between Dansville and Nunda, NY
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 13, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2020, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. This page has been viewed 755 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 12, 2020, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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