Near Perry in Wyoming County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Old Acres Farm

Protected Farmland

Photographed by Bruce Kelly, August 11, 2025

1. Protected Farmland Marker

Inscription. In 2019 the Genesee Valley Conservancy and the Smithgall family permanently protected 1316 acres of farmland.

Erected by Towns of Perry and Leicester, counties of Wyoming and Livingston, New York State Dept. of Agriculture and Markets.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Agriculture. A significant historical year for this entry is 2019.

Location. 42° 44.049′ N, 77° 57.73′ W. Marker is near Perry, New York, in Wyoming County. It is on Pine Tavern Road (New York State Route 39), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7863 NY-39, Perry NY 14530, 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.

Other nearby markers. At least

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8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of Goose Hollow Country School (approx. one mile away); Cabin Area C & Caretaker's Cabin (approx. 2.1 miles away); Old Burying Ground (approx. 2.1 miles away); Wycoff Harvester Company (approx. 2.3 miles away); Robeson Cutlery Company (approx. 2.3 miles away); First United Methodist Church (approx. 2.3 miles away); Richmond-Andrus Mill Site (approx. 2.3 miles away); Historic Water Trough (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Perry.

Photographed by Bruce Kelly, August 11, 2025

2. Protected Farmland Marker

Looking north from Rt-39

Credits. This page was last revised on August 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 11, 2025, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. This page has been viewed 171 times since then and 35 times this year. Last updated on August 15, 2025, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 11, 2025, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.