Romulus in Seneca County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Swahyawana

Photographed by Mira Earls, February 11, 2025

1. Swahyawana Marker

Inscription. 2 mile →
Swahyawana
Indian village destroyed
during Sullivan campaign
1779

Erected 1932 by State Education Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1779.

Location. 42° 45.105′ N, 76° 49.094′ W. Marker is in Romulus, New York, in Seneca County. It is at the intersection of Ovid Street (New York State Route 424) and County Route 129, on the left when traveling north on Ovid Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5628 NY-414, Romulus NY 14541, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Finger Lakes.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in 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.

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least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Romulus Honor Roll (approx. 0.8 miles away); Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.8 miles away); Seneca Army Depot (approx. one mile away); Jeptha H. Wade (approx. 1.1 miles away); Oak Hill Cemetery (approx. 1.8 miles away); Site of Frisbie's Ferry (approx. 2½ miles away); Dean's Cove (approx. 2½ miles away); East Varick (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Romulus.

Also see . . . Sullivan Expedition (Wikipedia. (Submitted on February 15, 2025, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)

Photographed by Mira Earls, February 11, 2025

2. Swahyawana Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 14, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 11, 2025, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 238 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 11, 2025, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.