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Oswego County, New York

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93historic places

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1816formed

117,525pop. 2020

115cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 93 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Oswego, Mexico, Fulton.

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

56 of 93 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

93 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Amboy District No. 2 Schoolhouse	East Amboy	Building	2020
Ames, Leonard, Farmhouse	Mexico	Building	1991
Ames, Orson, House	Mexico	Building	2001
Arthur Tavern	Arthur	Building	1991
Barlow, Smith H., House	Lacona	Building	1988
Brosemer Brewery	Oswego	Building	2010
Buckhout-Jones Building	Oswego	Building	2001
CHANCELLOR (tugboat)	Fulton	Structure	2000
Carley's Mills Schoolhouse	Hastings	Building	2005
Chandler, Peter, House	Mexico	Building	1991
Clark, Starr, Tin Shop	Mexico	Building	2001
Clarke, Edwin W. and Charlotte, House	Oswego	Building	2002
Davis, Phineas, Farmstead	Mexico	District	1991
Derrick Boat No. 8	Oswego	Structure	2015
Edwards, John B. and Lydia, House	Oswego	Building	2001
First Baptist Church	Sandy Creek	Building	1988
First Congregational Church and Society of Volney	Volney	Building	2001
First National Bank of Lacona	Lacona	Building	1988
Fort Brewerton	Brewerton	Site	1973
Fort Ontario	Oswego	District	1970
Fowler-Loomis House	Mexico	Building	1991
Franklin Square Historic District	Oswego	District	1982
Fulton Public library	Fulton	Building	1999
Green, Nathan and Clarissa, House	Oswego	Building	2002
Hamilton Farmstead	Mexico	District	1991
Holyoke Cottage	Sandy Creek	Building	1988
Hunter-Oliphant Block	Oswego	Building	1995
Kingsford Historic District	Oswego	District	2014
Kingsford House	Oswego	Building	1997
Lacona Clock Tower	Lacona	Structure	1988
Lacona Railroad Station and Depot	Lacona	Building	2002
Littlefield, Hamilton and Rhoda, House	Oswego	Building	2002
Market House	Oswego	Building	1974
McKenzie, John and Harriet, House	Oswego	Building	2001
Methodist Church	Sandy Creek	Building	1988
Mexico Academy and Central School	Mexico	Building	1991
Mexico Octagon Barn	Mexico	Building	1991
Mexico Railroad Depot	Mexico	Building	1991
Mexico Stone Store, The	Mexico	Building	2010
Mexico Village Historic District	Mexico	District	1991
Montcalm Park Historic District	Oswego	District	2001
Mount Adnah Cemetery	Fulton	Site	2001
Northrup-Gilbert House	Phoenix	Building	2000
Oak Street School	Fulton	Building	2003
Oswego Armory	Oswego	Building	1988
Oswego City Hall	Oswego	Building	1973
Oswego City Library	Oswego	Building	1971
Oswego County Courthouse	Oswego	Building	2000
Oswego Theater	Oswego	Building	1988
Oswego West Pierhead Lighthouse	Oswego	Building	2000
Oswego Yacht Club	Oswego	Building	2010
Oswego and Syracuse Railroad Freight House	Oswego	Building	2017
Pease, Daniel and Miriam, House	Oswego	Building	2002
Pitt, Newton M., House	Sandy Creek	Building	1988
Pleasant Lawn Cemetery	Parish	Site	2005
Pontiac Hotel	Oswego	Building	1983
Pratt, John Wells, House	Fulton	Building	1999
Pulaski Village Historic District	Pulaski	District	1983
Red Mill Farm	Colosse	District	1991
Richardson-Bates House	Oswego	Building	1975
Riverside Cemetery	Oswego	District	1993
Sadler, Samuel, House	Sandy Creek	Building	1988
Salisbury, Charles, M., House	Lacona	Building	1988
Sandy Creek Historic District	Sandy Creek	District	1988
Schroeppel House	Schroeppel	Building	1982
Selkirk Lighthouse	Pulaski	Structure	1979
Sheldon Hall	Oswego	Building	1980
Shoecraft, Matthew, House	Lacona	Building	1988
Skinner, Timothy, House	Mexico	Building	1991
Slack Farmstead	Mexico	District	1991
Sloan, George B., Estate	Oswego	Building	1988
Smart, Fred, House	Lacona	Building	1988
St. James' Church	Cleveland	Building	1996
St. John's Episcopal Church	Phoenix	Building	1993
Standard Yarn Company Building	Oswego	Building	2008
State Street Methodist Episcopal Church	Fulton	Building	2013
Stillman Farmstead	Mexico	District	1991
Stillwater Bridge	Stillwater	Structure	1997
Sweet Memorial Building	Phoenix	Building	1990
Tanner Block	Oswego	Building	2010
Thayer Farmstead	Mexico	District	1991
Trinity Church	Constantia	Building	1982
Tuttle, Newman, House	Lacona	Building	1988
U.S. Customhouse	Oswego	Building	1976
US Post Office-Fulton	Fulton	Building	1989
Van Buren, David, House	Fulton	Building	1988
Van Buren, John, Tavern	Fulton	Building	1988
Van Buren, Volkert, House	Fulton	Building	1988
Walton and Willett Stone Store	Oswego	Building	1976
Washington Square Historic District	Oswego	District	2010
West Broadway Commercial Historic District	Fulton	District	2020
Wing, Asa and Caroline, House	Mexico	Building	2001
Woodruff Block	Oswego	Building	1995

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Oswego was formed in 1816 (1816-03-01) from Oneida, Onondaga.

OSWEGO created from ONEIDA and ONONDAGA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Oswego County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
12,374	43,619	75,958	77,911	70,881	71,045	71,275	77,181	86,118	113,901	122,377	117,525

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 115 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Albion Center Cemetery	43.4895	-76.04397
Allen Cemetery	43.29637	-76.18593
Amboy Center Cemetery	43.36815	-75.93555
Arthur Cemetery	43.48598	-76.25891
Barnard Cemetery	43.59718	-76.13083
Bethel Cemetery	43.26306	-76.57947
Bidwell Cemetery	43.41605	-76.10716
Blossom Cemetery	43.48723	-76.42773
Blue Springs Cemetery	43.5628	-76.03761
Boylston Sandy Creek Wesleyan Cemetery	43.64132	-76.02937
Brown's Landing Cemetery	43.57194	-76.17778
Butler Cemetery	43.38515	-75.93082
Butterfly Cemetery	43.45949	-76.27532
Carley Mills Cemetery	43.37315	-76.1175
Castor Cemetery	43.58433	-76.00162
Caughdenoy Cemetery	43.27333	-76.20061
Chateaugay Cemetery	43.57389	-75.96214
Clark Cemetery	43.46384	-76.47161
Cleveland Village Cemetery	43.23693	-75.87944
Clifford Cemetery	43.38102	-76.28746
Coit Cemetery	43.3314	-76.18406
Colosse Cemetery	43.41795	-76.15781
Constantia Center Cemetery	43.28045	-75.92067
Constantia Rural Cemetery	43.26476	-76.00066
Daysville Cemetery	43.53605	-76.19826
Dugway Cemetery	43.46089	-76.08575
Dutch Hill Cemetery	43.38023	-76.03602
Evergreen Cemetery	43.5757	-76.00635
Fairdale Rural Cemetery	43.32493	-76.54087
Fairview Cemetery	43.38562	-76.45049
Fairview Cemetery	43.42178	-75.88964
Fort Ontario Post Cemetery	43.46854	-76.50601
French Cemetery	43.39318	-76.15526
Getman Cemetery	43.40839	-76.00103
Gilbert Mills Cemetery	43.3167	-76.30795
Granby Center Cemetery	43.32499	-76.46611
Greenboro Cemetery	43.63047	-75.87588
Hall Cemetery	43.34082	-75.96499
Hannibal Cemetery	43.32067	-76.58216
Hannibal Center Cemetery	43.28998	-76.55894
Happy Valley Cemetery	43.44017	-75.97314
Hastings Cemetery	43.35978	-76.15243
Hillside Cemetery	43.29076	-76.14986
Hillside Cemetery	43.46167	-76.43004
Holy Cross Cemetery	43.42158	-75.89656
Kingdom Cemetery	43.41436	-76.44372
Kinney Cemetery	43.37058	-75.91101
Lakeside Rural Cemetery	43.24483	-75.92917
Lewis Cemetery	43.36399	-76.47358
Madison Cemetery	43.4567	-75.94755
Maple View Cemetery	43.46084	-76.14339
Mattison Cemetery	43.46376	-76.4509
McAllister Cemetery	43.24383	-76.06318
McClelland Cemetery	43.50707	-76.1196
Merritt Cemetery	43.24383	-76.45572
Mexico Primitive Cemetery	43.46508	-76.2129
Mexico Village Cemetery	43.46332	-76.23944
Minetto Cemetery	43.3795	-76.45188
Mount Abnah Cemetery	43.32089	-76.4016
Myrtle Cemetery	43.53192	-75.82223
New Haven Rural Cemetery	43.47804	-76.31286
North Scriba Union Cemetery	43.48923	-76.39216
North Volney Cemetery	43.41166	-76.32167
Noyes Cemetery	43.5983	-76.05726
Old Irish Cemetery	43.39201	-76.52186
Palermo Cemetery	43.36523	-76.28125
Parker Ramsey Stevens Cemetery	43.51472	-76.2503
Pecks Cemetery	43.43117	-76.39438
Pekin Hill Cemetery	43.54542	-75.96795
Pennellville Cemetery	43.28546	-76.26269
Phelps Cemetery	43.67501	-75.91851
Phoenix Rural Cemetery	43.22666	-76.28639
Pine Grove Cemetery	43.32055	-76.11694
Pleasant Lawn Cemetery	43.40201	-76.14048
Potter Cemetery	43.56089	-76.0027
Pulaski Village Cemetery	43.57954	-76.1168
Quaker Cemetery	43.42664	-76.17468
Rice Cemetery	43.43709	-76.56283
Richland Village Cemetery	43.56871	-76.05391
Riverside Cemetery	43.42332	-76.47796

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

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