Near Avon in Monroe County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Tuscaroras
Photographed by Paul Crumlish, June 25, 2011
1. Tuscaroras Marker
Erected 1932 by New York State Education Department.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 42° 56.434′ N, 77° 44.044′ W. Marker is near Avon, New York, in Monroe County. It is on East River Road (County Road 84) Ύ mile south of Honeoye Falls 6 Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Avon NY 14414, 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, on the Great Lakes, 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 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Ganson's Mill (approx. 0.6 miles away); Berry's Tavern (approx. 1.9 miles away); Avon Civil War Monument (approx. 2.1 miles away); Town of Avon Civil War Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away); Albert C. Burke Jr. (approx. 2.1 miles away); East Avon (approx. 2.6 miles away); Ca-Na-Wau-Gus (approx. 2.6 miles away); North Avon (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Avon.
Also see . . . New York State Museum of Natural History, New York State Museum,: Bulletin, Issues 235-240. "More than 40 acres are embraced in the tract which includes earlier and recent occupations." (Submitted on February 5, 2012, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia.)
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Photographed by Paul Crumlish, June 25, 2011
2. Wide view of the Tuscaroras Marker
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