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Forestport in Oneida County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Forestport

 
 
Forestport Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Paige Miller, October 15, 2026
1. Forestport Marker
Inscription. Town–1869. Village—1903. First settlement 1795. In 1777 St. Leger's Indians retreated through here Oriskany to Crown Point..
 
Erected 1971 by Oneida County DPW.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1777.
 
Location. 43° 26.484′ N, 75° 12.32′ W. Marker is in Forestport, New York, in Oneida County. It is at the intersection of Woodhull Road (County Route 72) and Division Street, on the right when traveling west on Woodhull Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 12198 Woodhull Road, Forestport NY 13338, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Mohawk Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland,
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and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Black River Canal (approx. 7 miles away); First Presbyterian Church (approx. 7 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 7 miles away); Boonville Historic District (approx. 7.1 miles away); Civil War Memorial (approx. 7.2 miles away); Boonville (approx. 7.2 miles away); Post House, 1817 (approx. 7.2 miles away); In Honor of Walter D. Edmonds (1903-1998) (approx. 7.2 miles away).
 
Also see . . .
1. Town of Forestport. (Submitted on October 22, 2026, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
2. Forestport, New York (Wikipedia). (Submitted on October 22, 2026, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
 
Forestport Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Paige Miller, October 15, 2026
2. Forestport Marker
The Forestport Presbyterian Church is in the background.
Forestport Presbyterian Church (1839) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Paige Miller, October 15, 2026
3. Forestport Presbyterian Church (1839)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 22, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 17, 2026, by Paige Miller of Getzville, New York. This page has been viewed 7 times since then. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 17, 2026, by Paige Miller of Getzville, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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Oct. 23, 2026