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Broome County, New York

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68historic places
—earliest paper
1806formed
198,683pop. 2020
109cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 68 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Binghamton, Johnson City, Endicott.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New York is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Broome titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

37 of 68 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

68 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Ansco Company Charles Street Factory BuildingsBinghamtonDistrict2012
Bennett, Abel, Tract Historic DistrictBinghamtonDistrict2008
Bevier-Wright HousePort DickinsonBuilding2008
Binghamton City HallBinghamtonBuilding1971
Binghamton Railway Company ComplexBinghamtonBuilding2006
Binghamton TheatreBinghamtonBuilding2008
Broome County CourthouseBinghamtonBuilding1973
Building at 171-177 Clinton StreetBinghamtonBuilding2002
Bundy, Harlow E., HouseBinghamtonBuilding2011
Cameo TheatreBinghamtonBuilding2022
Chenango Canal Prism and Lock 107Chenango ForksStructure2010
Christ ChurchBinghamtonBuilding1974
Conklin Town HallConklinBuilding2006
Court Street Historic DistrictBinghamtonDistrict1984
Drovers Inn and Round Family ResidenceVestalDistrict2010
Dunk, Alfred, HouseBinghamtonBuilding1985
Emmanuel Church of the Evangelical Association of BinghamtonBinghamtonBuilding2009
Endicott Square Deal ArchEndicottStructure2001
Endicott-Johnson Medical ClinicBinghamtonBuilding2015
First Presbyterian Church of DepositDepositBuilding2019
Gates, Cyrus, FarmsteadMaineDistrict1999
General Cigar Company-Ansco Camera Factory BuildingBinghamtonBuilding2012
Goodwill TheatreJohnson CityBuilding2000
Grace Episcopal ChurchWhitney PointBuilding1998
Harpursville United Methodist ChurchHarpursvilleBuilding2006
Hawleyton Methodist Episcopal Church, OldHawleytonBuilding2006
Highland Park CarouselEndwellObject1992
Hotchkiss, Jedediah, HouseWindsorBuilding1982
Johnson City High SchoolJohnson CityBuilding2025
Johnson City Historic DistrictJohnson CityDistrict2011
Johnson City Square Deal ArchJohnson CityStructure2001
Johnson, C. Fred, Park CarouselJohnson CityObject1992
Johnson, George F., Recreation Park CarouselBinghamtonObject1992
Johnson, George W., Park CarouselEndicottObject1992
Jones, Gen. Edward F., HouseBinghamtonBuilding2005
Kilmer, Jonas M., HouseBinghamtonBuilding2006
Lithuanian National Association HallBinghamtonBuilding2015
Main Street Historic DistrictBinghamtonDistrict2021
Maine Central SchoolMaineBuilding1998
Marlborough BuildingBinghamtonBuilding2008
New York State Inebriate Asylum NHLBinghamtonBuilding1996
Ouaquaga Lenticular Truss BridgeOuaquagaStructure2003
Patterson-Hooper Family CemeteryEndwellSite2008
Phelps MansionBinghamtonBuilding1973
Railroad Terminal Historic DistrictBinghamtonDistrict1986
Riverside CemeteryEndicottSite2004
Roberson MansionBinghamtonBuilding1980
Rose, Robert H., HouseBinghamtonBuilding1980
Ross Park CarouselBinghamtonObject1992
Saints Cyril and Methodius Slovak Roman Catholic SchoolBinghamtonBuilding2007
Sheltered Workshop for the Disabled BuildingBinghamtonBuilding2024
South Washington Street Parabolic BridgeBinghamtonStructure1978
State Street-Henry Street Historic DistrictBinghamtonDistrict1986
State Street-Henry Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)BinghamtonDistrict2024
Stone Spillway, National Defense Stockpile CenterHilcrestStructure2004
Trinity Memorial ChurchBinghamtonBuilding1998
US Post Office-EndicottEndicottBuilding1988
US Post Office-Johnson CityJohnson CityBuilding1989
United States Post Office and CourthouseBinghamtonBuilding2020
Vestal Central SchoolVestalBuilding2010
Washingtonian HallEndwellBuilding1996
Wells, J. Stuart, HouseBinghamtonBuilding2009
West Endicott Hose Company No. 1West EndicottBuilding2013
West Endicott Park CarouselEndicottObject1992
Whitmore, John T., HouseBinghamtonBuilding1986
Whitney, Henry, HouseWhitney PointBuilding2017
Windsor Village Historic DistrictWindsorDistrict1980
Your Home LibraryJohnson CityBuilding2005

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Broome was formed in 1806 (1806-03-28) from Tioga.

BROOME created from TIOGA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Broome County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

222k115k8,1301810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
8,13014,34322,33835,90649,48369,149113,610165,749184,698212,661213,648200,536198,683

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

109 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 109 listed
NameLatLon
Adams Street Cemetery42.2653-75.91766
Alexander Hill Cemetery42.08454-75.54278
All Saints Cemetery42.14737-75.95381
Allentown Cemetery42.23294-76.01661
Anthony Cemetery42.13307-75.45577
Arctic Cemetery42.18116-75.42655
Baptist Church Cemetery42.23006-75.91851
Brady Hill Cemetery42.01694-75.89055
Broas Family Cemetery42.12749-76.02751
Brookvale Cemetery42.12656-75.78187
Bunn Hill Cemetery42.07451-75.99297
Calvary Cemetery42.12502-75.967
Cascade Valley Cemetery42.0148-75.57796
Center Lisle Cemetery42.35692-76.05423
Chenango Valley Cemetery42.14717-75.88041
Choconut Center Cemetery42.14296-75.94527
Chrysler Road Cemetery42.14083-76.02778
Cline Cemetery42.01705-75.89067
Coles Hill Cemetery42.14945-75.66476
Collins - Hall Cemetery42.21971-75.865
Conklin Cemetery42.05536-75.80832
Corbettsville Cemetery42.01327-75.78453
Danville Cemetery42.00693-75.47361
Dimmick Hill Cemetery42.20333-75.94806
Dorchester Cemetery42.3558-75.96978
East Maine Cemetery42.18154-75.98949
East Windsor Cemetery42.11107-75.61031
Edwards Cemetery42.06118-75.62213
Finch Family Cemetery42.03795-75.83903
Floral Park Cemetery42.10679-75.95505
Glen Aubrey Cemetery42.2601-76.00727
Glen Aubrey Cemetery42.25999-76.00722
Glen Castle Cemetery42.18252-75.90732
Glenwood Cemetery42.11781-75.93784
Green Cemetery42.35579-75.96956
Hale Eddy Cemetery42.0023-75.39573
Harpur Cemetery42.13675-75.60171
Hawleyton Cemetery42.01958-75.91122
Hazard Corners Cemetery42.39903-75.87639
Holy Spirit Cemetery42.19329-75.87349
Huggins Cemetery42.13946-75.50461
Hyde Street Cemetery42.29202-75.94767
Ingraham Hill Cemetery42.0534-75.95297
Itaska Cemetery42.29668-75.91145
Kattellville Cemetery42.19451-75.86848
Killawog Cemetery42.40159-76.02301
King Street Cemetery42.27845-75.90748
Knox Cemetery42.11664-75.64665
Levee Family Cemetery42.05001-75.87117
Lilly Cemetery42.19698-75.90491
Lisle Cemetery42.34464-75.99958
Loomis Hill Cemetery42.10646-75.45129
Lord Road Cemetery42.16364-75.48331
Lyons Farm Cemetery42.09588-75.64248
Maine Cemetery42.17975-76.06698
Maple Grove Cemetery42.22846-75.91086
McClure Cemetery42.05279-75.49819
Methodist Church Cemetery42.01993-75.85404
Mount Hunger Cemetery42.30665-76.04519
Mountain View Cemetery42.06007-75.72213
Nanticoke Valley Cemetery42.15064-76.06898
New Ohio Cemetery42.22834-75.71007
Nimmonsburg Cemetery42.15171-75.89803
Nineveh Plains Cemetery42.18222-75.60524
Nineveh Presbyterian Cemetery42.19115-75.6102
Oak Hill Cemetery42.16196-76.02005
Page Brook Cemetery42.36704-75.94296
Perch Pond Cemetery42.16735-75.55665
Pine Grove Cemetery42.06354-75.42863
Pratt Cemetery42.19018-75.64856
Riley Farm Cemetery42.123-75.74119
Riverhurst Cemetery42.1026-76.03235
Riverside Cemetery42.06813-75.6401
Riverside Cemetery42.09368-76.05853
Riverside Cemetery42.32257-75.96103
Riverside Cemetery42.01007-75.76712
Riverview Cemetery42.17713-75.62295
Sacred Heart Cemetery42.21952-75.92274
Saint Cyril Slovak Catholic Cemetery42.09765-75.94962
Saint John Ukranian Orthodox Parish Cemetery42.12793-75.96184
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Stella42.12222-75.94611

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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