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Cayuga County, New York

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72historic places

—earliest paper

1799formed

76,248pop. 2020

147cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 72 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 5 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Auburn, Moravia, Union Springs.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

35 of 72 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

72 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Allen, Henry, House	Moravia	Building	1995
Auburn Button Works and Logan Silk Mills	Auburn	Building	2007
Aurora Steam Grist Mill	Aurora	Building	1976
Aurora Village-Wells College Historic District	Aurora	District	1980
Belt-Gaskin House	Auburn	Building	2005
Burritt, Orrin W., House	Weedsport	Building	2007
Case Memorial-Seymour Library	Auburn	Building	1980
Cayuga County Courthouse and Clerk's Office	Auburn	Building	1991
Centreport Aqueduct	Weedsport	Structure	2000
Church Street-Congress Street Historic District	Moravia	District	1994
Cottage Farm	Fair Haven	Building	2012
Durkee, Almeron, House	Union Springs	Building	2005
Dwight, Charles Chauncy, House	Auburn	Building	2015
East Genoa Methodist Episcopal Church	Genoa	Building	2002
Erie Canal Lock 52 Complex	Port Byron	District	1998
First Baptist Church of Weedsport	Weedsport	Building	2002
First Presbyterian Church of Springport	Union Springs	Building	2025
Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged NHL	Auburn	Building	1974
Hosmer, William and Mary, House	Auburn	Building	2006
House at 15 East Cayuga Street	Moravia	Building	1995
House at 17 Aurora Street	Moravia	Building	1995
House at 18 Aurora Street	Moravia	Building	1995
House at 20 Aurora Street	Moravia	Building	1995
House at 21 West Cayuga Street	Moravia	Building	1995
House at 31 West Cayuga Street	Moravia	Building	1995
House at 36 South Main Street	Moravia	Building	1995
House at 37 West Cayuga Street	Moravia	Building	1995
House at 46 South Main Street	Moravia	Building	1995
Howland Cobblestone Store	Scipio	Building	1994
Howland, Augustus, House	Sherwood	Building	2008
Howland, Charles- William H. Chase House	Union Springs	Building	2005
Howland, Slocum and Hannah, House	Sherwood	Building	2006
Huntington, Ezra A., House	Auburn	Building	2020
Hutchinson Homestead	Cayuga	Building	2009
Ingham, William Smith, House	Meridian	Building	2005
Lakeside Park	Owasco	Site	1989
McGeer, John, House	Moravia	Building	1995
Mentz Church	Montezuma	Building	2004
Moravia Union Cemetery	Moravia	Site	1995
Morse Farm	Moravia	Building	1995
Mosher Farmstead	Aurora	District	2003
New Hope Mills Complex	New Hope	Building	2005
North Main Street Historic District	Moravia	District	1993
North Street Friends Meetinghouse	Ledyard	Building	2005
Otis, Job and Deborah, House	Sherwood	Building	2008
Owasco Reformed Church	Owasco	Building	2010
Peleg and Eunice White House	Ledyard	Building	2025
Richardson, William, House	Union Springs	Building	2005
Sager House	Moravia	Building	1995
Sand Beach Church	Auburn	Building	1975
Schine Auburn Theatre	Auburn	Building	2000
Seneca River Crossing Canals Historic District	Montezuma and Tyre	District	2005
Sennett Federated Church and Parsonage	Sennett	Building	2005
Seward, William H., House NHL	Auburn	Building	1966
Sherwood Equal Rights Historic District	Sherwood	District	2008
South Street Area Historic District	Auburn	District	1991
St. Peter's Episcopal Church Complex	Auburn	Building	2002
Sterling District No. 5 Schoolhouse	Sterling	Building	2002
Sterling Grist Mill Complex	Sterling	Building	2002
Thompson AME Zion Church	Auburn	Building	1999
Tryon, Frank and Eliza, House	Weedsport	Building	2014
Tubman Home for the Aged, Harriet Tubman Residence, Thompson A.M.E. Zion Church (Boundary Increase) NHL	Auburn	Building	2001
Tubman, Harriet, Grave	Auburn	Site	1999
Tubman, Harriet, House	Auburn	Building	1999
Tuthill-Green House	Moravia	Building	1995
US Post Office, Former, and Federal Courthouse	Auburn	Building	1991
Wall Street Methodist Episcopal Church	Auburn	Building	1999
West High School	Auburn	Building	2017
Willard Memorial Chapel-Welch Memorial Hall NHL	Auburn	Building	1989
Willard, Dr. Sylvester, Mansion	Auburn	Building	1989
Wood, Jethro, House NHL	Poplar Ridge	Building	1966
Yawger, Peter, House	Union Springs	Building	2004

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Cayuga was formed in 1799 (1799-03-08) from Onondaga.

CAYUGA created from ONONDAGA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Cayuga County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
15,907	38,897	50,338	55,767	65,081	66,234	65,221	65,508	70,136	73,942	79,894	81,963	76,248

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Women’s Rights National Historical Park	National Historical Park	22.7 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 147 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Arnold - Comstock Cemetery	42.87083	-76.57499
Atwater - Reynolds Cemetery	42.72412	-76.30322
Babcock Family Cemetery	42.802	-76.54037
Baker Cemetery	42.69449	-76.4625
Belltown Cemetery	42.63681	-76.59396
Bird Cemetery	42.63668	-76.43312
Bolts Corners Cemetery	42.76338	-76.57181
Bowen Cemetery	43.01736	-76.51983
Burch Cemetery	42.81565	-76.53145
Chestnut Hill Cemetery	42.83851	-76.68526
Cold Spring Cemetery	42.95325	-76.57747
Community Cemetery	43.00599	-76.57004
Conklin Cemetery	42.84138	-76.49087
Conquest Village Cemetery	43.12344	-76.64689
Cornwall Cemetery	42.80353	-76.55871
County House Cemetery	42.98077	-76.54867
Cowan - Farnum Cemetery	42.93016	-76.62663
Cranebrook Cemetery	42.95889	-76.64271
Crim Cemetery	43.0435	-76.52558
Crosman Cemetery	43.10048	-76.52009
Cummings Cemetery	43.21255	-76.61555
Devine Cemetery	42.82368	-76.5331
Dry Creek Cemetery	42.70166	-76.41694
Dutton Cemetery	43.175	-76.55616
East Venice Cemetery	42.69005	-76.51194
Eaton Cemetery	42.67478	-76.27913
Eaton Road Cemetery	42.69282	-76.30842
Eddy Cemetery	42.79926	-76.59775
Edsall Cemetery	42.63657	-76.44925
Edsall Cemetery	42.63662	-76.4492
Emerson Cemetery	43.0982	-76.61435
Evergreen Cemetery	42.78307	-76.63505
Fairchild Cemetery	42.98648	-76.68394
Farmer Family Cemetery	42.90666	-76.565
Ferris Cemetery	43.18405	-76.52794
Fleming Cemetery	42.85011	-76.59034
Fordyce Cemetery	42.79315	-76.56063
Forscutt Cemetery	43.29122	-76.69566
Fort Hill Cemetery	42.9245	-76.57188
Fosterville Cemetery	42.9619	-76.6667
French Cemetery	43.20158	-76.68084
Friends Cemetery	42.7359	-76.64438
Galpin Hill Cemetery	42.89777	-76.55583
Genoa Rural Cemetery	42.66894	-76.51497
Gifford Cemetery	42.78697	-76.65268
God's Acre Cemetery	43.0435	-76.56313
Goodyears Corner Cemetery	42.63631	-76.61096
Gould - Akin Cemetery	42.75612	-76.57847
Helmer Family Cemetery	43.04309	-76.52015
Hewitt Cemetery	42.76978	-76.45633
Hinman Cemetery	42.63039	-76.27681
Howland Cemetery	42.76032	-76.66038
Humphrey Howland Cemetery	42.75819	-76.49428
Indian Mound Cemetery	42.71288	-76.41093
Ira Union Cemetery	43.24416	-76.5025
James Cemetery	42.78344	-76.36356
Kelloggsville Cemetery	42.77756	-76.36993
King Cemetery	43.03799	-76.63238
La Due Cemetery	43.10423	-76.54529
Lake View Cemetery	42.90254	-76.54794
Lakeview Cemetery	42.91355	-76.72621
Lamb Cemetery	42.8825	-76.66455
Lamphere Cemetery	43.03233	-76.55431
Ledyard Church Cemetery	42.6961	-76.6228
Lickville Cemetery	42.67206	-76.34675
Manchester Family Cemetery	42.79985	-76.61194
Maplewood Cemetery	42.64086	-76.57488
Marble Ridge Cemetery	43.18491	-76.51553
Martville Cemetery	43.27558	-76.6342
Maycumber Family Cemetery	42.93257	-76.63764
McArthur Cemetery	42.98684	-76.67341
McCloud Cemetery	43.0186	-76.66916
McMasters Corners Cemetery	42.97637	-76.56136
Meech Cemetery	43.05104	-76.50436
Melrose Cemetery	42.91971	-76.53361
Mendenhall Farm Cemetery	42.72221	-76.62861
Mentz Church Cemetery	42.99611	-76.67742
Meridian Cemetery	43.16832	-76.54194
Monaghan Cemetery	42.65871	-76.38719
Montezuma Rural Cemetery	43.00123	-76.69236

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
The Patch	43.05778	-76.55389

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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