Battenville is a hamlet in
Washington County on the south town line of
Greenwich, New York, located on the
Batten Kill in eastern New York. It is most known as the childhood home of
Susan B. Anthony, who moved at the age of six with her family to Battenville from
Adams, Massachusetts
Adams is a town in northern Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 8,166 at the 2020 census.
History
Nathan Jones purchased the township of ...
. The family later moved near
Rochester in the western part of the state. Anthony became renowned as a women's rights activist and suffragist.
The
Susan B. Anthony Childhood House is state-owned and is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
. The
Thomas McLean House and
Stoops Hotel are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Climate
This
climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the
Köppen Climate Classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
system, Battenville has a
humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...
, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.
Climate Summary for Battenville, New York
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References
Hamlets in New York (state)
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