Federal Corners is a former hamlet located in the
Town of Richfield, New York, in
Otsego County, United States, approximately 1.5 miles southeast of the village of
Richfield Springs
Richfield Springs is a Village (New York), village located in the Richfield, New York, Town of Richfield, on the north-central border of Otsego County, New York, United States. The population was 1,264 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from ...
, at the corner of Butternut Road and Cemetery Road.
Federal Corners "lay near the intersection of an old route from the
Mohawk Valley to
Canadarago Lake
Canadarago Lake is a lake located in Otsego County, New York and is the source of Oaks Creek. The Village of Richfield Springs is located at the lake's northern end. It is the second largest lake in Otsego County, lying to the west of and parall ...
and the
Third Great Western Turnpike
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
Places
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* Third Avenue (disambiguation)
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, opened in 1808". Most above-ground remains of the hamlet have disappeared, since "its economy failed by the early 1840s".
History
According to a 19th-century history of the area,
The
Lemuel F. Vibber House, constructed about 1810 in Federal Corners and still standing, is listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
References
{{Otsego County, New York
Hamlets in Otsego County, New York