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In 1838 he began to collect and study insects for New York state. In 1854 he became the first professional Entomologist of New York State Agricultural Society, commissioned by the State of New York. Dr. George Franklin Grant, born in Oswego, he was the first African-American professor at Harvard. He was also a Boston dentist, and the inventor ...
John Raines, state senator [116] Adolph J. Rodenbeck, mayor of Rochester, New York State Assemblyman, Court of Claims Judge, and New York Supreme Court Justice; Eliakim Sherrill, politician and brigade commander in Union Army during Civil War [117] Louise Slaughter, U.S. Representative, chairperson of House Rules Committee [118]
Cortlandt Manor is a hamlet—an unincorporated section—of the town of Cortlandt in northern Westchester County, New York, roughly surrounding Peekskill, encompassing Corlandt Estates and lying east of three sections of the town of Cortlandt, Croton-on-Hudson, Crugers, and Montrose. It is a mostly residential area.
Later, parts of Lisle were used to form new towns in the county: in 1831, a division of Lisle into four parts created three new towns: Barker, Nanticoke, and Triangle. John D. Rockefeller's birthplace is located northeast of Lisle by a few miles in Richford, New York [4] and his relatives lived in Lisle.
The town of Johnstown was formed in 1793 from the town of Caughnawaga and served as the seat of sprawling Montgomery County, which encompassed a major portion of upstate New York. The town was divided afterwards to form new towns in the county: Mohawk (1837 and now in Montgomery County), Bleecker (1831), and Caroga (1842). In 1772, Johnson ...
New York State Route 25 is the main west–east route in the Town of Southold, and as such is almost entirely named "Main Road." Two truck routes of NY 25 also exist. New York State Route 114 enters and exits the Village of Greenport via the ferry to Shelter Island