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

Swede Farm

Protected Farmland

 
 
Protected Farmland Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, August 11, 2025
1. Protected Farmland Marker
Inscription. In 2021 the Genesee Valley Conservancy and the Swede family permanently protected 1,097 acres of farmland.
 
Erected by Supported by the Town of Geneseo, Livingston County, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Agriculture. A significant historical year for this entry is 2021.
 
Location. 42° 49.884′ N, 77° 57.97′ W. Marker is in Pavilion, New York, in Genesee County. It is on Peoria Road (County Road 16), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1050 Peoria Road, Pavilion NY 14525, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, in the Finger Lakes, and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area. 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: LaGrange School (approx. 3.2 miles away); 1837 Cobblestone (approx. 3.7 miles away); Town of Pavilion (approx. 4.2 miles away); To Honor All Veterans Who Sacrificed Their Lives (approx. 4.2 miles away); In Honor of Citizens Who Served in the World War (approx. 4.2 miles away); Moore Farm (approx. 4.4 miles away); Brick School (approx. 4.9 miles away); In Memory of Those Men and Women (approx. 5.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pavilion.
 
Protected Farmland Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, August 11, 2025
2. Protected Farmland Marker
Looking north from Peoria Rd.
Protected Farmland Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, August 11, 2025
3. Protected Farmland Marker
Looking south
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2025, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. This page has been viewed 90 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 14, 2025, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 14, 2026