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, at the corner of Butternut Road and Cemetery Road.
Federal Corners "lay near the intersection of an old route from the
Mohawk Valley
The Mohawk Valley region of the U.S. state of New York is the area surrounding the Mohawk River, sandwiched between the Adirondack Mountains and Catskill Mountains, northwest of the Capital District. As of the 2010 United States Census, ...
to
Canadarago Lake and the
Third Great Western Turnpike, 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
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
.
References
{{Otsego County, New York
Hamlets in Otsego County, New York