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Dansville in Livingston County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
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Site of Old South Church

 
 
Site of Old South Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, March 30, 2013
1. Site of Old South Church Marker
Inscription. First church in Sparta, 1808 Among first in western N.Y. Burial place of pioneers and revolutionary soldiers
 
Erected 1949 by State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesReligion & Religious StructuresSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1808.
 
Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 42° 35.751′ N, 77° 43.148′ W. Marker was in Dansville, New York, in Livingston County. It was on NYS Rte. 63 (New York State Route 63) just north of White Bridge Rd., on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Dansville NY 14437, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, in the Finger Lakes, and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area. It was also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it was in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found 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 location, measured as the crow flies: Where President Millard Fillmore Worked When a Boy (approx. 1.4 miles away); Site of the First Church (approx. 2½ miles away); Dansville Library (approx. 2.6 miles away); Clara Barton House (approx. 2.7 miles away); American Red Cross (approx. 2.7 miles away); Dansville Civil War Monument (approx. 2.7 miles away); First Local Red Cross
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(approx. 2.8 miles away); St. Paul's Lutheran Church (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dansville.
 
Additional commentary.
1.
This marker is missing.
    — Submitted April 25, 2026, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York.
 
Site of Old South Church Marker as seen facing North on 63 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, March 30, 2013
2. Site of Old South Church Marker as seen facing North on 63
Site of Old South Church Marker as seen facing South on 63 image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, March 30, 2013
3. Site of Old South Church Marker as seen facing South on 63
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 651 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 1, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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