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Wyoming County, New York

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28historic places

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1841formed

40,531pop. 2020

89cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 28 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Perry, Warsaw, Attica.

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

13 of 28 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

28 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Arcade Center Farm	Arcade	Building	2004
Arcade Downtown Historic District	Arcade	District	2026
Arcade and Attica Railroad	North Java	Building	1980
Attica Market and Main Historic District	Attica	District	2013
Brick Presbyterian Church	Perry	Building	2007
Epworth Hall	Perry	Building	2000
Exchange Street Historic District	Attica	District	2012
First Free Will Baptist Church of Pike	Pike	Building	2012
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Perry	Perry	Building	2006
First Universalist Church of Portageville	Portageville	Building	2008
Fleming, Bryant, House	Wyoming	Building	2009
Gates, Seth M., House	Warsaw	Building	1992
Java School No. 1	Java Village	Building	2001
Letchworth State Park	Genesse Falls	District	2005
Middlebury Academy	Wyoming	Building	1973
Monument Circle Historic District	Warsaw	District	1992
Perry Downtown Historic District	Perry	District	2012
Perry Village Hall	Perry	Building	2022
Roup, Barna C., House	Perry	Building	2015
Silver Lake Institute Historic District	Silver Lake	District	1985
Smith, Augustus A., House	Attica	Building	2007
Trinity Church	Warsaw	Building	1980
US Post Office-Attica	Attica	Building	1988
US Post Office-Warsaw	Warsaw	Building	1989
Warsaw Academy	Warsaw	Building	1980
Warsaw Downtown Historic District	Warsaw	District	2012
Woodward, Orator F., Cottage	Silver Lake	Building	2016
Wyoming Village Historic District	Wyoming	District	1974

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Wyoming was formed in 1841 (1841-05-19) from Genesee.

WYOMING created from GENESEE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Wyoming County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
31,981	31,968	30,907	30,413	30,314	31,394	32,822	34,793	39,895	43,424	40,531

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 89 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Arcade Rural Cemetery	42.52883	-78.42633
Assumption Cemetery	42.56754	-78.0596
Attica Center Cemetery	42.81528	-78.2353
Brainard Cemetery	42.86007	-78.22683
Bush Cemetery	42.67748	-78.08909
Carlton Hill Cemetery	42.79638	-78.13369
Covington Pioneer Cemetery	42.85253	-78.00717
Cowlesville Cemetery	42.84563	-78.46816
Curriers Rural Cemetery	42.61885	-78.41817
Dale Cemetery	42.82184	-78.16885
Dale Pioneer Cemetery	42.82065	-78.17406
Dole Cemetery	42.54871	-78.13275
Eagle Village Cemetery	42.55389	-78.30072
East Bennington German Cemetery	42.85915	-78.33688
East Koy Cemetery	42.54295	-78.10307
Elmwood Cemetery	42.64598	-78.08237
Fairview Cemetery	42.83569	-78.37908
Folsomdale Cemetery	42.82393	-78.46113
Forest Hill Cemetery	42.86022	-78.28525
Frink's Corners Cemetery	42.70554	-78.38705
Gainesville Pioneer Cemetery	42.64081	-78.13213
Glenwood Cemetery	42.71888	-77.98835
Grace Cemetery	42.63252	-78.04607
Hatch Cemetery	42.76144	-78.16939
Hedges Cemetery	42.77166	-78.45139
Hermitage Cemetery	42.65339	-78.1941
Hope Cemetery	42.62916	-78.05083
Hope Cemetery	42.72356	-77.99556
Humphrey's Hollows Cemetery	42.73807	-78.36066
Immanuel United Methodist Cemetery	42.73954	-78.18982
Java Village Cemetery	42.67003	-78.43631
Johnsonburg Cemetery	42.73561	-78.31473
Lagrange Cemetery	42.80381	-78.01269
Lamont Cemetery	42.58756	-78.11097
Lot Two Cemetery	42.62905	-78.07894
Lyonsburg Cemetery	42.57966	-78.22193
Maple Grove Cemetery	42.64204	-78.12039
Maple Lawn Cemetery	42.83092	-78.39839
Maxon Cemetery	42.80722	-78.30649
Mountain Ash Cemetery	42.81927	-77.96255
North Gainesville Cemetery	42.6831	-78.13311
North Java Pioneer Cemetery	42.68207	-78.33755
Olivet Cemetery	42.8617	-77.95478
Orangeville Center Cemetery	42.75008	-78.25426
Persons Pioneer Cemetery	42.77045	-78.40027
Pike Cemetery	42.55353	-78.16242
Pleasant View Cemetery	42.77477	-78.26307
Portageville Cemetery	42.56281	-78.05536
Portageville Pioneer Cemetery	42.56734	-78.0373
Prison Cemetery	42.83752	-78.2556
Prospect Hill Cemetery	42.74975	-78.00039
Punkshire Cemetery	42.60762	-78.44673
Quaker Meeting House Cemetery	42.71443	-78.22454
Quaker Settlement Cemetery	42.71027	-78.2173
Sacred Heart Cemetery	42.83615	-78.39966
Saint Cecilia's Cemetery	42.73828	-78.41685
Saint Cecilias South Cemetery	42.73226	-78.41693
Saint John's Cemetery	42.73738	-78.44759
Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Cemetery	42.7184	-78.01966
Saint Josephs Cemetery	42.76507	-78.30976
Saint Mary's Cemetery	42.57354	-78.34283
Saint Marys Cemetery	42.65907	-78.08806
Saint Marys Cemetery	42.69369	-78.45386
Saint Michaels Cemetery	42.72974	-78.13186
Saint Nicholas Cemetery	42.67801	-78.33733
Saint Patrick's Cemetery	42.6511	-78.38333
Saint Stanislaus Kostka Cemetery	42.72138	-77.98916
Saint Vincent Cemetery	42.85551	-78.27625
Saints Peter And Paul Cemetery	42.53403	-78.44078
Sharp District Cemetery	42.70647	-78.14966
Sheppard Road Cemetery	42.6464	-78.19973
Silver Maple Cemetery	42.68425	-78.34462
Silver Springs Pioneer Cemetery	42.65687	-78.08265
South Attica Cemetery	42.78963	-78.26189
Strykersville Cemetery	42.6943	-78.45356
Strykersville Pioneer Cemetery	42.70427	-78.44678
Summit View Cemetery	42.84868	-78.32325
Torrey Hill Cemetery	42.64019	-78.35347
Union Corners Cemetery	42.68134	-78.30873
Union Park Cemetery	42.68843	-78.20511

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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