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

North Avon

 
 
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Photographed by Lugnuts, September 19, 2020
1. North Avon Marker
Inscription. Gilbert's Mill built by Thomas Hanna 1808. Rebuilt 1826, sold to CS Gilbert 1855 converted to a dwelling 1954. Also a school, blacksmith, store and distillery.
 
Erected 2012 by Town of Avon Historian.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & CommerceSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1808.
 
Location. 42° 55.813′ N, 77° 40.693′ W. Marker is in Avon, New York, in Livingston County. It is at the intersection of Gilbert Mills Road and North Avon Road, on the right when traveling south on Gilbert Mills Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: 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,
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New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Protected Farmland (approx. 1.8 miles away); East Avon (approx. 2 miles away); Yellow Wasp Inn (approx. 2.9 miles away); Tuscaroras (approx. 2.9 miles away); Ganson's Mill (approx. 3 miles away); Honeoye Valley (approx. 3.4 miles away); John Hubbard Forsyth (approx. 3½ miles away); 1668-1709 (approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Avon.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Warner House (was approx. 3½ miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
North Avon Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lugnuts, September 19, 2020
2. North Avon Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 30, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 29, 2020, by Lugnuts of Germantown, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 482 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on October 29, 2020, by Lugnuts of Germantown, Wisconsin. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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