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Site of Cabin

 
 
Site of Cabin Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 7, 2022
1. Site of Cabin Marker
Inscription.
Job Whitmarsh from
Vermont settled here
in 1796
Property still in
possession of family

 
Erected 1932 by State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1796.
 
Location. 42° 45.072′ N, 75° 57.591′ W. Marker is in Truxton, New York, in Cortland County. It is on West Keeney Road (County Road 152) 0.8 miles north of Tripoli Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7127 West Keeney Road, Truxton NY 13158, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and specifically in Central New York. 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: Pioneer Church (approx. half a mile away); Lee Homestead (approx. 0.7 miles away); Keeney Cabin (approx. 0.8 miles away); Griswold Cabin (approx. 0.9 miles away); Pioneer Home (approx. one mile away); Site of Potter Cabin (approx. 1.1 miles away); Site Of Cabin (approx. 1.1 miles away); a different marker also named Site of Cabin (approx. 1.1 miles away).
 
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Site of Cabin Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 7, 2022
2. Site of Cabin Marker
Site of Cabin Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, February 22, 2017
3. Site of Cabin Marker
This is how the marker looked in 2017 compared to the posted one taken in 2022. It seems to have deteriorated quickly!
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 18, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 7, 2022, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 313 times since then and 15 times this year. Last updated on May 17, 2023, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 7, 2022, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York.   3. submitted on August 18, 2022, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 28, 2026