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Dryden, Town Of, New York: Dryden, 1830. Organized 1804 1St Church Built, 1807 Rev. John Lasure, 1St Pastor 23: BIRTHPLACE OF On Co. Rd. About 1½ Miles West Of West Dryden Dryden, Town Of, New York: William R. "Daddy" George 1866–1936 Founder Of George Junior Republic 24: BRIDLE ROAD On Nys 13 About 2¼ Miles West Of Dryden Dryden, Town Of ...
The portion of NY 392 east of NY 215 was originally designated as part of NY 90 in the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. In the early 1980s, the state of New York assumed maintenance over an east–west county-maintained highway linking NY 13 and NY 38 in the village of Dryden to NY 90 in the hamlet of Virgil.
Dryden Historic District is a national historic district located at Dryden in Tompkins County, New York. The district consists of 44 properties encompassing the historic core of the village of Dryden. Except for three mid-19th-century commercial buildings, the district consists of residential structures pleasantly spaced along three lined streets.
The region was part of the Central New York Military Tract, land given as compensation to soldiers of the American Revolution. Robert Harpur, a Clerk in the office of the New York State Surveyor General who named numerous New York townships in 1790 based on his own classical studies, named Dryden for John Dryden [4] (1631–1700), the English poet and a translator of the classics (including ...
In 1996, the New York State Legislature adopted a state law authorizing that "the county of Tompkins, the city of Ithaca and Cornell University may jointly provide for mass transportation services in the county of Tompkins.", [9] and on April 1, 1998, the City of Ithaca, Cornell University and Tompkins County established TCAT as a joint venture ...
In 1908, the New York State Legislature created Route 9, an unsigned legislative route that ran from the Southern Tier to Bouckville via Ithaca and Cortland.Route 9 exited the city of Ithaca on Forest Home Drive to near Varna, where it picked up modern NY 366 east through Etna to Freeville, then continuing southeastward toward Dryden on what is now NY 38.
Dryden is located at (42.489188, -76.299589 [ 4 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the village has a total area of 1.7 square miles (4.3 km 2 ).None of the area is covered with water.
Lacy-Van Vleet House is a historic home located at Dryden in Tompkins County, New York. It was built about 1845 and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, five-by-four-bay, frame residence representative of the transition from the Federal to Greek Revival style. It features Doric order porticoed porches on the front and side. [2]