Near Lima in Livingston County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Sunny Knoll Farm

Protected Farmland

Photographed by Bruce Kelly, September 5, 2025

1. Sunny Knoll Farm Marker

Inscription. In 2010 Genesee Valley Conservancy and the Gruschow and Schenkel families permanently protected 495 acres of farmland.

Erected 2010 by Supported by the Town of Lima, Livingston County, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, United States Department of Agriculture.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Agriculture.

Location. 42° 52.599′ N, 77° 37.06′ W. Marker is near Lima, New York, in Livingston County. It is on Jenks Road, on the right when traveling west. The marker is just east of the farm located at 7169 Jenks Rd, Lima, NY. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7169 Jena’s Road, Lima NY 14485, 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 the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds

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itself 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A 17th-Century Iroquois Village (approx. 1.9 miles away); Genesee Wesleyan Seminary and Genesee College (approx. 2 miles away); Ska-Hase-Ga-O (approx. 2 miles away); Lima Bank Robbed (approx. 2 miles away); Gandichiragou (approx. 2 miles away); Yellow Wasp Inn (approx. 2 miles away); Repulse Fire Co. (approx. 2 miles away); Union Lodge No. 45 (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lima.

Other markers no longer nearby. Warner House (was approx. 1.8 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Site of Ska-Hase-Ga-O (was approx. 1.9 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Photographed by Bruce Kelly, September 5, 2025

2. Sunny Knoll Farm Marker

Looking east on Jenks Rd

Photographed by Bruce Kelly, September 5, 2025

3. Sunny Knoll Farm Marker

Looking west on Jenks Rd

Credits. This page was last revised on September 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 5, 2025, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. This page has been viewed 71 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 5, 2025, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.