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Lansing in Tompkins County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Town of Lansing

Tompkins County

— 1817 • 2017 —

 
 
Town of Lansing Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, October 21, 2021
1. Town of Lansing Marker
Inscription. Part of Iroquoia, then in 1817, 41 lots from military tract town of Milton added to newly created Tompkins County.
 
Erected 2017 by Tompkins County, New York.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and CommunitiesSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1817.
 
Location. 42° 32.279′ N, 76° 30.143′ W. Marker is in Lansing, New York, in Tompkins County. It is on Auburn Road (New York State Route 34) 0.2 miles east of East Shore Drive ( Route 34), on the left when traveling south. The marker can be seen from parking lot of the town ball field. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 38 Auburn Rd, Lansing NY 14882, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Southern Tier. 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,
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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: Barbecued Chicken (a few steps from this marker); Rogues Harbor Inn (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Rogues Harbor Inn (approx. 0.2 miles away); Asbury Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); Benjamin Joy (approx. 2.1 miles away); Peter Wheeler (approx. 2.1 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away); Table Salt Wells (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lansing.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2024, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 274 times since then and 21 times this year. Photo   1. submitted on April 13, 2024, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
 
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