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Livingston County, New York

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95historic places

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1821formed

61,834pop. 2020

78cemeteries

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At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 95 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 3 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Lima, Mount Morris, Avon.

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

47 of 95 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

95 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Alverson-Copeland House	Lima	Building	1989
Avon Five Arch Bridge	Avon	Structure	2012
Avon Inn	Avon	Building	1991
Avon Village Historic District	Avon	District	2022
Barber, Aaron, Memorial Building	Avon	Building	2008
Barber-Mulligan Farm	Avon	Building	1980
Barnard Cobblestone House	Lima	Building	1989
Black and White Farm Barn	Sonyea	Building	1988
Boyd & Parker Park and Groveland Ambuscade	Cuylerville	District	2009
Bristol House	Lima	Building	1989
Caledonia Fish Hatchery	Caledonia	Building	2015
Caledonia House Hotel	Caledonia	Building	2001
Caledonia Library	Caledonia	Building	2007
Cargill House	Lima	Building	1989
Clark Farm Complex	Lima	Building	1989
Clark-Keith House	Caledonia	Building	1998
Claud No. 1 Archeological Site	Groveland	Site	1975
Conesus Amusement Hall	Conesus	Building	2005
Corby Farm Complex	Honeoye Falls	Building	2008
Coverdale Cobblestone House	Leicester	Building	2005
Dansville Downtown Historic District	Dansville	District	2007
Dansville Library	Dansville	Building	1977
Dayton House	Lima	Building	1989
DePuy, William, House	Lima	Building	1989
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Station	Leicester	Building	2005
Draper House	Lima	Building	1989
Edgerley	Oakland	Building	1980
Elmwood	Nunda	Building	2015
Engleside	Dansville	Building	2009
English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Dansville	Dansville	Building	2013
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Avon	Avon	Building	2005
First Presbyterian Church of Avon	East Avon	Building	2005
First Presbyterian Church of Tuscarora	Tuscarora	Building	2004
G.A.R. Memorial Hall	Hunt	Building	2006
Ganoung Cobblestone Farmhouse	Lima	Building	1989
Geiger, Elias H., House	Dansville	Building	2006
Genesee Wesleyan Seminary and Genesee College Hall	Lima	Building	1976
Geneseo Historic District NHL	Geneseo	District	1977
Godfrey House and Barn Complex	Lima	Building	1989
Hall's Opera Block	Avon	Building	2006
Harden House	Lima	Building	1989
Harmon, William, House	Lima	Building	1989
Hartman, William, Farmstead	Dansville	Building	2000
Hemlock Fairground	Hemlock	District	2000
Hillcrest	Lima	Building	1980
Homestead, The	Geneseo	Building	1974
House at No. 13 Grove Street	Mount Morris	Building	1999
House at No. 176 South Main Street	Mount Morris	Building	1999
House at No. 30 at Murray Street	Mount Morris	Building	1999
House at No. 48 Grove Street	Mount Morris	Building	1999
House at No. 8 State Street	Mount Morris	Building	1999
Kellerman Log Cabin	Conesus	Building	2006
Kellogg, J. Francis, House	Avon	Building	2003
Kemp, R. P., No. 1 Site	West Sparta	Site	1977
Leech-Lloyd Farmhouse and Barn Complex	Lima	Building	1989
Leech-Parker Farmhouse	Lima	Building	1989
Lima Village Historic District	Lima	District	1987
Linwood	York	District	1997
Livonia Baptist Church	Livonia	Building	1977
Main Street Historic District NHL	Geneseo	District	1977
Main Street Historic District (Boundary Increase) NHL	Geneseo	District	1985
Markham Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex	Lima	Building	1989
Martin Farm Complex	Lima	Building	1989
Mills, Gen. William A., House	Mount Morris	Building	1978
Morgan Cobblestone Farmhouse	Lima	Building	1989
Moses, Ogilvie, Farmhouse	Lima	Building	1989
Moses, Zebulon, Farm Complex	Lima	Building	1989
Murray Street Historic District	Mount Morris	District	1996
National Hotel	Cuylerville	Building	2004
New Family Theater	Mount Morris	Building	1997
North Bloomfield School	North Bloomfield	Building	1981
Nunda Village Historic District	Nunda	District	2025
Payne Cobblestone House	Conesus	Building	2006
Peck, J. Franklin, House	Lima	Building	1989
Peck, Thomas, Farmhouse	Lima	Building	1989
Pioneer Farm	Dansville	Building	1970
School No. 6	Lima	Building	1989
Sliker Cobblestone House	Conesus	Building	2007
South Main Street Historic District	Mount Morris	District	1996
Sparta First Presbyterian Church	Groveland Station	Building	2007
Spencer House	Lima	Building	1989
St. John's Episcopal Church	Mount Morris	District	1991
St. Rose Roman Catholic Church Complex	Lima	Building	1988
Stanley House	Lima	Building	1989
State and Eagle Streets Historic District	Mount Morris	District	1996
Sweet Briar	Geneseo	Building	2010
Tram Site	Livonia	Site	1999
US Post Office-Dansville	Dansville	Building	1988
Union Block	Nunda	Building	2000
Vary, William L., House	Lima	Building	1989
Wadsworth Fort Site	Geneseo	Site	1975
Warner, Asahel, House	Lima	Building	1989
Warner, Matthew, House	Lima	Building	1989
Westerly	Piffard	Building	1974
Williamsburg Cemetery	Hampton Corners	Site	2002

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Livingston was formed in 1821 (1821-02-23) from Genesee, Ontario.

LIVINGSTON created from GENESEE and ONTARIO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Livingston County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
27,729	35,140	39,546	39,562	37,059	36,830	38,510	40,257	44,053	57,006	64,328	61,834

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

78 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 78 of 78 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Alger Cemetery	42.7568	-77.6821
Arnold Cemetery	42.72145	-77.66694
Ashley Cemetery	42.59288	-77.58754
Avon Cemetery	42.91572	-77.74544
Bronson Hill Cemetery	42.86175	-77.6894
Byersville Cemetery	42.58303	-77.78834
Caledonia Rural Cemetery	42.97608	-77.85174
Capron Cemetery	42.63702	-77.59299
Chet Dalton Farm Cemetery	42.9211	-77.63889
Clark Cemetery	42.65941	-77.67824
Colonel George Williams And Family Cemetery	42.58309	-77.98363
Coopersville - Jones Cemetery	42.60683	-77.91987
Craig State School Cemetery	42.67329	-77.84009
Dalton Cemetery	42.53877	-77.95172
Dutch Cemetery	42.61852	-77.68267
Dutch Street Cemetery	42.6543	-77.86458
East Avon Cemetery	42.90459	-77.70661
Erwin Cemetery	42.65645	-77.6337
Evergreen Cemetery	42.66314	-77.57774
Ford Cemetery	42.65465	-77.57808
Fort Farm Cemetery	42.6389	-77.50359
Glenwood Cemetery	42.68653	-77.75539
Green Mount Cemetery	42.54311	-77.6811
Greigsville Cemetery	42.81859	-77.8964
Harder Cemetery	42.77031	-77.64429
Hemlock Cemetery	42.79631	-77.60326
Holy Cross Cemetery	42.54339	-77.67666
Inverness Cemetery	42.91833	-77.80964
Job Cemetery	42.88885	-77.92048
Kysorville Cemetery	42.64309	-77.79188
Lakeview Cemetery	42.7195	-77.73305
Leicester Cemetery	42.77356	-77.9086
Littleville Cemetery	42.89511	-77.76153
Mount Morris Cemetery	42.72005	-77.89061
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	42.8245	-77.73945
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	42.88126	-77.85681
Mount Vernon Evergreen Cemetery	42.63311	-77.60832
New Methodist Cemetery	42.90802	-77.61647
Oak Ridge Cemetery	42.77418	-77.66607
Oak Ridge Cemetery	42.895	-77.63487
Oakland Cemetery	42.57269	-77.96923
Oaklawn Cemetery	42.5984	-77.79947
Oakwood Cemetery	42.5834	-77.94417
Old Cemetery	42.72294	-77.8818
Old Methodist Cemetery	42.90799	-77.61813
Old Scotch Cemetery	42.87202	-77.88626
Ossian Center Cemetery	42.52557	-77.77316
Pennycook Cemetery	42.54763	-78.02691
Pioneer Cemetery	42.70283	-77.79516
Pleasant Valley Cemetery	42.8524	-77.88575
Pleasant Valley East Cemetery	42.6037	-77.52208
Pleasant Valley West Cemetery	42.59138	-77.63878
Powell Cemetery	42.79603	-77.66761
Presbyterian Church Cemetery	42.9061	-77.61242
Rau Cemetery	42.63527	-77.70315
Reeds Corners Cemetery	42.60001	-77.68137
Riverview Cemetery	42.67594	-77.92339
Saint Agnes Cemetery	42.90007	-77.75427
Saint Columba Cemetery	42.96679	-77.84477
Saint Helena Cemetery	42.61591	-77.95142
Saint Marys Cemetery	42.7879	-77.80976
Saint Michaels Cemetery	42.80858	-77.66067
Saint Patrick's Cemetery	42.71981	-77.88236
Saint Rose Cemetery	42.90392	-77.60451
Scottish Cemetery	42.91012	-77.81363
Seager Cemetery	42.56388	-77.90498
Short Cemetery	42.78478	-77.60166
South Avon Cemetery	42.86619	-77.77118
South Sparta Cemetery	42.59571	-77.71931
Sparta Center Cemetery	42.6213	-77.69967
Taunton Cemetery	42.80172	-77.9125
Temple Hill Cemetery	42.79371	-77.80513
Union Cemetery	42.52562	-77.94
Union Cemetery	42.67987	-77.7151
Union Cemetery	42.81105	-77.6414
Westview Cemetery	42.55421	-77.79902
Williamsburg Cemetery	42.74837	-77.83218
Wood Cemetery	42.53443	-77.75014

Historical populated places — 3 of 3

Name	Lat	Lon
Jacksonville	42.80417	-77.6
Lewis	42.5825	-77.98611
York Center	42.87111	-77.87222

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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