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Chenango County, New York

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
47historic places
—earliest paper
1798formed
47,220pop. 2020
131cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 47 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Norwich, Greene, Oxford.

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 Chenango titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

20 of 47 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

47 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bainbridge Historic DistrictBainbridgeDistrict1982
Bates Round BarnGreeneBuilding1984
Burr, Theodore, HouseOxfordBuilding1981
Calvary Epsicopal ChurchMcDonoughBuilding1998
Chenango Canal Prism, Towpath and Lock 106Chenango ForksDistrict2020
Chenango County Courthouse DistrictNorwichDistrict1975
Clinton-Rosekrans Law BuildingGreeneBuilding1979
Columbus Community ChurchColumbusBuilding1986
District School 2CoventryvilleBuilding2004
District School 4CoventryBuilding2004
Earlville Historic DistrictEarlvilleDistrict1982
Earlville Opera HouseEarlvilleBuilding1973
Eaton Family Residence-Jewish Center of NorwichNorwichBuilding2009
Emmanuel Episcopal Church ComplexNorwichBuilding2009
Greene Historic DistrictGreeneDistrict1982
Guildford Center Presbyterian ChurchGuilford CenterBuilding2004
Guilford Center CemeteryGuilford CenterSite2005
Hovey, Charles C., House and Strong Leather Company MillBainbridgeBuilding1996
Jewell Family HomesteadGuilfordBuilding2017
Loomis Family FarmOxfordDistrict2014
Main Street Historic DistrictAftonDistrict1983
Mathewson, Holden B., HouseSouth OtselicBuilding2009
Methodist-Episcopal Church of NorwichNorwichBuilding2003
Moss, Horace O., HouseNew BerlinBuilding1974
New Berlin Historic DistrictNew BerlinDistrict1982
Newton HomesteadSouth OtselicBuilding1982
North Broad Street Historic DistrictNorwichDistrict1978
North Guilford CemeteryNorth GuilfordSite2020
Norwich Pharmacal Company WarehouseNorwichBuilding2018
Oxford Village Historic DistrictOxfordDistrict1985
Phillips-Manning HouseCoventryBuilding2017
Rockdale Community ChurchRockdaleBuilding2005
Rockwells Mills Historic DistrictChenangoDistrict2010
Sannick Family FarmSouth OxfordDistrict2007
Sherburne High SchoolSherburneBuilding1988
Sherburne Historic DistrictSherburneDistrict1982
Smithville Valley Grange No. 1397Smithville FlatsBuilding1998
Smyrna Elementary SchoolSmyrnaBuilding1996
Smyrna Town Hall-Opera HouseSmyrnaBuilding2008
South Otselic Historic DistrictSouth OtselicDistrict1983
US Post Office-NorwichNorwichBuilding1989
US Post Office-OxfordOxfordBuilding1989
Upperville Meeting HouseUppervilleBuilding2002
West Hill CemeterySherburneSite2006
White Store Church and Evergreen CemeteryNorwichDistrict1995
Willcox, Hazard Jr., FarmEarlvilleDistrict2019
Young Round BarnGreeneBuilding1984

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Chenango was formed in 1798 (1798-03-15) from Herkimer, Tioga.

CHENANGO created from HERKIMER and TIOGA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

52k34k16k18001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
16,08731,21540,78540,93439,89136,56834,96936,45439,13843,24349,34451,40147,220

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

131 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 131 listed
NameLatLon
Amblerville Cemetery42.5375-75.39965
Ashcraft Cemetery42.47923-75.81485
Barnes Cemetery42.34924-75.84427
Beardsley Cemetery42.45392-75.64197
Bennettsville Cemetery42.25664-75.44991
Blackman Cemetery42.4592-75.58039
Bloom Cemetery42.60146-75.45803
Bonney Cemetery42.72173-75.67035
Brakel Valley Churchyard Cemetery42.55528-75.83946
Brisben Baptist Church Cemetery42.36648-75.67943
Brooks Cemetery42.39059-75.56418
Campbell Cemetery42.70063-75.40195
Canal Street Cemetery42.33277-75.76889
Carter School House Cemetery42.7096-75.35985
Chapel Cemetery42.28401-75.65799
Cole Hill Cemetery42.64989-75.6867
Columbus Center Cemetery42.67365-75.36476
Columbus Corners Cemetery42.68317-75.32813
Cooper Cemetery42.34785-75.48912
Corbin Cemetery42.48228-75.685
Coventry Union Cemetery42.31506-75.63409
Coventryville Cemetery42.31282-75.59816
Cowles Cemetery42.40176-75.72914
Crane Cemetery42.58461-75.77649
Curtis Cemetery42.4949-75.63347
Dyer Cemetery42.61145-75.41601
East Guilford Cemetery42.34082-75.40555
East Hill Cemetery42.69171-75.45389
East Pharsalia Cemetery42.55638-75.71771
Eastside Cemetery42.22595-75.51803
Edmonds Cemetery42.57277-75.40199
Elliot Cemetery42.25894-75.76324
Evergreen Cemetery42.4836-75.40648
Fairview Cemetery42.6211-75.33528
First Baptist Church Cemetery42.23012-75.52504
Foote Cemetery42.37729-75.43907
Frink Cemetery42.61457-75.69059
Genegantslet Cemetery42.34782-75.80262
Glenwood Cemetery42.23172-75.5328
Godfrey Corners Cemetery42.42328-75.44115
Gospel Hill Cemetery42.40604-75.51536
Greenlawn Cemetery42.29868-75.48462
Greenwood Cemetery42.63013-75.3313
Guilford Center Cemetery42.40812-75.46537
Harris Cemetery42.52315-75.55459
Harrisville Cemetery42.68-75.46472
Harrisville Cemetery42.68021-75.46479
Heady Cemetery42.56007-75.61742
Hinman Cemetery42.58759-75.84889
Holmesville Cemetery42.51704-75.39942
Horton Cemetery42.37146-75.80214
Howard Cemetery42.72729-75.42906
Ives Settlement Cemetery42.37873-75.45875
King Settlement Cemetery42.59467-75.4635
Kirk Cemetery42.61056-75.69813
Knickerbocker Cemetery42.39975-75.75841
Lewis Cemetery42.53044-75.63852
Lincklaen Center Cemetery42.71028-75.84979
Loomis Cemetery42.43507-75.66435
Lower Genegantslet Cemetery42.29908-75.80563
Maple Grove Cemetery42.38831-75.80932
Maple Grove Cemetery42.71062-75.73074
Maplewood Cemetery42.41516-75.38018
Mason - Packer Cemetery42.48966-75.59057
Mead Cemetery42.39418-75.60397
Melondy Hill Cemetery42.20283-75.46477
Millbrook Cemetery42.42925-75.62298
Miller Cemetery42.41089-75.70621
Moore Cemetery42.46657-75.68626
Moore Cemetery42.40899-75.57416
Morse Cemetery42.32743-75.80202
Mount Hope Cemetery42.5183-75.5243
New York State Veterans Home Cemetery42.44629-75.57754
North Afton Cemetery42.27305-75.54305
North Norwich Cemetery42.61916-75.51916
North Pitcher Cemetery42.62488-75.81805
North West Corners Cemetery42.62985-75.77282
Norwich Cemetery42.55506-75.46693
Oak Grove Cemetery42.24926-75.82826
Packer - Mason Cemetery42.53632-75.59822

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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