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Palmyra (/ ˌ p æ l ˈ m aɪ r ə /) is a town in southwestern Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 7,975 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the ancient city Palmyra in Syria. The town contains a village also named Palmyra. The town is about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Rochester, New York.
Macedon is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 9,148 at the 2010 census. The Town of Macedon is named after the birthplace of Alexander the Great, in Ancient Macedonia. [4] It is located in the southwest corner of Wayne County and contains a hamlet also named Macedon, formerly an incorporated village.
Palmyra (/ ˌ p æ l ˈ m aɪ r ə /) is a village in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 3,536 at the 2010 census. The population was 3,536 at the 2010 census. The village, along with the town, is named after Palmyra in present-day Syria .
It encompasses Palmyra's commercial, civic, religious, and residential core. Most of the buildings were built between about 1830 and 1890, and is representative of a quintessential canal town in New York State. It includes the previously listed Market Street Historic District, East Main Street Commercial Historic District, and Zion Episcopal ...
Macedon is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the Town of Macedon in Wayne County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the hamlet had a total population of 1,523. It is in the south-central part of the town and is southeast of Rochester. Government offices for the Town of Macedon are located in the hamlet. [2]
It is located three miles (5 km) northwest of the hamlet of Macedon, at an elevation of 554 feet (169 m). The primary intersection in the hamlet is at N.Y. Route 31F, also known as Macedon Center Road, and Canandaigua Road. Macedon Center Volunteer Fire Department hosts the annual Lumberjack Festival each September on their firemen's field. [1]
Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...
Collections relating to history of Wayne County, New York area and the Palmyra, New York. Most of these items are not on the internet and to get access to them go to the Historic Palmyra site, call or email. A small charge is made for any assistance. Highway use records from 1800s; Family bibles from 1790s; Day books from 1800–1900