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The Yates County Genealogical and Historical Society focuses on the history of Yates County, New York.It operates the Yates History Center, which consists of three museums in the village of Penn Yan, New York: the 19th century period Oliver House Museum, the L. Caroline Underwood Museum with historic decorative arts items and displays of local history, and the adjacent Scherer Carriage House ...
Penn Yan is an incorporated village and the county seat of Yates County, New York, United States. The population was 5,159 at the 2010 census. [2] It lies at the north end of the east branch of Keuka Lake, one of the Finger Lakes. Penn Yan, New York is home to one of the oldest mills in the United States, The Birkett Mills, founded in 1797.
Yates County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 24,774, [2] making it the third-least populous county in New York. The county seat is Penn Yan. [3] The name is in honor of Joseph C. Yates, who as Governor of New York signed the act establishing the county.
WYLF (850 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Penn Yan, New York, serving the Finger Lakes region of New York and the Rochester metropolitan area.The station airs a soft adult contemporary fed by Local Radio Networks, and airs the syndicated Intelligence For Your Life with John Tesh program at night.
Penn Yan Historic District is a national historic district located at Penn Yan in Yates County, New York. The district consists of 65 acres (26 ha) and contains 281 structures, 210 of which are contributing. It includes a broad range of architecturally significant resources that document the village's development from the 1820s to 1929.
List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Yates County, New York. ... US Post Office-Penn Yan. May 11, 1989 : 159 Main St. Penn Yan: 51 ...
Katerina had a brother, Vincent Melcher, already in America. Melcher and his wife, Philomena, owned 80 acres of farmland in Crawford County, so Joseph came to farm his brother-in-law’s land.
The most important railroad in Hornell was the New York and Erie Railroad, or Erie for short. It arrived in Hornell in 1850 and began public service on May 14, 1851. President Millard Fillmore, himself a native of western New York, and Secretary of State Daniel Webster rode through Hornell on the inaugural train. [8]