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Hilton in Monroe County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Hojack Railroad

 
 
Hojack Railroad Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, August 11, 2012
1. Hojack Railroad Marker
Inscription. Opened as Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg RR, 1876. Fruit shipments by rail made Hilton prosper & grow. Last train ran March 31, 1978.
 
Erected by Monroe County.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical month for this entry is March 1800.
 
Location. 43° 17.336′ N, 77° 47.371′ W. Marker is in Hilton, New York, in Monroe County. It is at the intersection of East Avenue and Railroad Avenue on East Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hilton NY 14468, 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: First Settlement in the Town of Parma (approx. 1.6 miles away); Little White Meetinghouse (approx. 2.1 miles away); In Memory of All Who Served (approx. 2½ miles away); Historic Parma Farmlands (approx. 3 miles away); Historic Site (approx. 3½ miles away); Braddock Bay Hawk Watch (approx. 3.9 miles away); Converge on Montreal (approx. 4 miles away); Rev War Veteran (approx. 4.1 miles away).
 
More about this marker. If you follow Railroad Avenue until you cross Lake Ave about 1/4 mile or so northwest, the road name becomes Old Hojack Lane and appears to follow the route of the old tracks for some way. Where
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Old Hojack Ln. starts, there's a piece of leftover railroad materiel I call an end-of-the-line bumper (see photo.)
 
Hojack Railroad Marker as seen facing east image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, August 11, 2012
2. Hojack Railroad Marker as seen facing east
Hojack Railroad Marker as seen facing west image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, August 11, 2012
3. Hojack Railroad Marker as seen facing west
Old Hojack Ln. and possible leftover equipment image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, August 11, 2012
4. Old Hojack Ln. and possible leftover equipment
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 7, 2012, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 1,394 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 7, 2012, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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