LeRoy in Genesee County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Underground Railroad Route

Photographed by Pamela Scott, April 2, 2011

1. Underground Railroad Route Marker

Inscription. Escaping slaves traveling to Canada on the Covington Route crossed the road here on their way to meet LeRoy's conductor, Daniel McDonald, known as the "Medicine Man." His station was near the Keeney Road Cemetery.

Erected 2007 by Town of LeRoy.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Abolition & Underground RR.

Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 43° 0.282′ N, 78° 0.871′ W. Marker was in LeRoy, New York, in Genesee County. It was on Keeney Road 0.1 miles south of Randall Road (County Route 8), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Le Roy NY 14482, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

in the Finger Lakes,

and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area.

It was also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself

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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 3 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: First Jell-O Factory (approx. 1.8 miles away); The Jell-O Company (approx. 2.1 miles away); Machpelah Cemetery (approx. 2.1 miles away); Keeney House (approx. 2.2 miles away); LeRoy Downtown Historic District (approx. 2.2 miles away); Women’s Suffrage (approx. 2.2 miles away); The Steeple / The Church (approx. 2.2 miles away); Anti-Slavery Meetings (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in LeRoy.

More about this marker. Located on Keeney Road which is named after Calvin Keeney (the "father of the stringless bean") who bred the first stringless bean while working in Le Roy in 1894.

Regarding Underground Railroad Route. Le Roy had Underground Railroad routes converging on it from both Rochester and Warsaw, NY. Because the trail from Warsaw ran through Covington Township in northern Wyoming County, it was referred to as the Covington Connection. Whether fugitives were from

Underground Railroad Route Marker in distance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Pamela Scott, April 2, 2011

2. Underground Railroad Route Marker in distance

Rochester or Warsaw, they followed the roads from Le Roy west to Niagara.

Keeney Road Cemetery - site of Underground Railroad connection image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Pamela Scott, April 2, 2011

3. Keeney Road Cemetery - site of Underground Railroad connection

Credits. This page was last revised on July 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 8, 2011, by Pamela Scott of Brockport, New York. This page has been viewed 2,530 times since then and 55 times this year. Last updated on July 26, 2024, by Betty B.-H. of Groveland, N.y.. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 8, 2011, by Pamela Scott of Brockport, New York. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.