This is a list of New York State Historic Markers by county. There are over 2800 historical markers in New York State. The program was started in 1926 to commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the Revolutionary War and was discontinued in 1966. It was managed under the Department of the Education’s State History Office.
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+ Contents: Counties in New York Manhattan is New York County; Brooklyn is Kings County; Staten Island is Richmond CountyAlbany - Allegany - Bronx - Broome - Cattaraugus - Cayuga - Chautauqua - Chemung - Chenango - Clinton - Columbia - Cortland - Delaware - Dutchess - Erie - Essex - Franklin - Fulton - Genesee - Greene - Hamilton - Herkimer - Jefferson - Kings - Lewis - Livingston - Madison - Monroe - Montgomery - Nassau - New York - Niagara - Oneida - Onondaga - Ontario - Orange - Orleans - Oswego - Otsego - Putnam - Queens - Rensselaer - Richmond - Rockland - Saratoga - Schenectady - Schoharie - Schuyler - Seneca - St. Lawrence - Steuben - Suffolk - Sullivan - Tioga - Tompkins - Ulster - Warren - Washington - Wayne - Westchester - Wyoming - Yates
Numbers of markers Approximate tallies of markers in New York and its 62 counties follow. The approximate counts are the best available; there may be additions to the listings that are not reflected here, and the counts here may not be perfectly updated.
CountyApproximate count ofhistoric markers 1 Albany 160 2 Allegany 4 3 Bronx 25 4 Broome 3 5 Cattaraugus 4 6 Cayuga 176 7 Chautauqua 29 8 Chemung 25 9 Chenango 15 10 Clinton 30 11 Columbia 148 12 Cortland 34 13 Delaware 5 14 Dutchess 103 15 Erie 9 16 Essex 127 17 Franklin 35 18 Fulton 34 19 Genesee 5 20 Greene 43 21 Hamilton 0 22 Herkimer 37 23 Jefferson 30 24 Kings 4 25 Lewis 0 26 Livingston 45 27 Madison 43 28 Monroe 43 29 Montgomery 105 30 Nassau 34 31 New York 36 32 Niagara 24 33 Oneida 108 34 Onondaga 81 35 Ontario 31 36 Orange 132 37 Orleans 0 38 Oswego 36 39 Otsego 40 40 Putnam 33 41 Queens 17 42 Rensselaer 36 43 Richmond 10 44 Rockland 37 45 Saratoga 114 46 Schenectady 55 47 Schoharie 52 48 Schuyler 26 49 Seneca 40 50 St. Lawrence 29 51 Steuben 10 52 Suffolk 110 53 Sullivan 41 54 Tioga 37 55 Tompkins 76 56 Ulster 152 57 Warren 11 58 Washington 68 59 Wayne 35 60 Westchester 56 61 Wyoming 4 62 Yates 7 TOTAL 2,891
References
External links
New York State Museum page on historic markers Association of Public Historians of New York State page on historical markers New York State Historical Markers on Flickr New York State Historical Markers: It Happened Here William G. Pomeroy historical markers map in New York State