Sherwood is a hamlet in Cayuga County, New York, United States.[1]
Sherwood, New York | |
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  Sherwood Location of Sherwood in New York | |
| Coordinates: 42°45′39″N 76°37′17″W / 42.76083°N 76.62139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Cayuga |
| Town | Scipio |
It is the location of four properties or districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places:[2]
- Augustus Howland House, 1395 Sherwood Rd., Sherwood
- Slocum and Hannah Howland House, 1781 Sherwood Rd., Sherwood
- Job and Deborah Otis House, 1882-1886 Sherwood Rd., Sherwood
- Sherwood Equal Rights Historic District, Sherwood Rd. & NY 34B, Sherwood
Notable people
editPainter Amy Otis was a native of Sherwood.[3]
Quaker abolitionist Emily Howland was from Sherwood.
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sherwood, New York
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Albert Nelson Marquis (1915). Who's who in New England: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. A.N. Marquis & Company. pp. 807–.
