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Clay in Onondaga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Cigarville Station

 
 
Cigarville Station Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, March 11, 2013
1. Cigarville Station Marker
Inscription. Built 1871 - served Syracuse Northern RR - burned and rebuilt about 1890. Renamed Clay Station 1903. First PO in town. D. Sotherden, Owner
 
Erected 1976 by Clay Bicentennial Committee.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. In addition, it is included in the The Spirit of ’76, America’s Bicentennial Celebration series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1871.
 
Location. 43° 11.162′ N, 76° 10.361′ W. Marker is in Clay, New York, in Onondaga County. It is on NYS Rte. 31 (New York State Route 31) Ό mile east of Grange Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Clay NY 13041, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Central New York, and in the Syracuse 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: Pine Plains (approx. 1.4 miles away); Oak Orchard (approx. 2.2 miles away); Childhood Home (approx. 2.6 miles away); John Leach (approx. 2.8 miles away); Early School (approx. 3½ miles away); Plank Toll Road (approx. 4 miles away); Techiroguen (approx. 4 miles away); Alexis de Tocqueville (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Clay.
 
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Cigarville Station Marker as seen from Western Approach image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, March 11, 2013
2. Cigarville Station Marker as seen from Western Approach
Cigarville Station Marker image. Click for full size.
January 28, 2015
3. Cigarville Station Marker
Painted this past year by a boy scout.
Cigarville Station Marker as seen from Eastern Approach image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Yugoboy, March 11, 2013
4. Cigarville Station Marker as seen from Eastern Approach
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 15, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. This page has been viewed 1,073 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 15, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York.   3. submitted on March 29, 2015.   4. submitted on May 15, 2013, by Yugoboy of Rochester, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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