Village of Moravia in Cayuga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Owasco Flats
Site of Indian Village
Photographed by Larry Day, January 11, 2023
1. Owasco Flats Marker
Owasco Flats Site of Indian Village. Land Cultivated Prior to White Settlements. Neighboring Settlers Came to Harvest Hay 1789 - 1790
Erected 1935 by New York State Education Department.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1789.
Location. 42° 42.934′ N, 76° 25.822′ W. Marker is in Village of Moravia, New York, in Cayuga County. It is on West Cayuga Street (New York State Route 38) west of Keeler Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Moravia NY 13118, 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 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 Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: John Stoyell (approx. 0.4 miles away); World War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Town of Moravia (approx. half a mile away); Cady Tavern (approx. 0.7 miles away); Civil War Soldier Monument (approx. Ύ mile away); Oldest House in Moravia (approx. 0.8 miles away); Judge Wood House (approx. 1.2 miles away); The First Cast Iron Plow (approx. 1.2 miles away).
Regarding Owasco Flats. 1789 was also when the first settler built a
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Photographed by Larry Day, January 11, 2023
2. Owasco Flats Marker
Photographed by Landsat/Copernicus NOAA, April 5, 2021
3. Oblique angle view of Owasco Flats
Through Google Earth, Owasco Lake in distance to north, edge of Moravia Village in foreground. With this partial 3-D view one can appreciate how flat the terrain of the flats is.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, February 10, 2024
4. Owasco Flats Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 18, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 12, 2023, by Larry Day of Locke, New York. This page has been viewed 608 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 12, 2023, by Larry Day of Locke, New York. 4. submitted on February 13, 2024, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
