Cuylerville is a
hamlet
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in the
Town
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of
Leicester
Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area, and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest city in the East Midlands with a popula ...
, in
Livingston County,
New York, United States. The population was 297 at the
2010 census, which lists the community as a
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
.
History
The community was named for W. T. Cuyler, an early settler. The hamlet is located on the site of
Little Beard's Town, a large
Seneca village destroyed in the
Sullivan Campaign.
Mary Jemison, known as "the White Woman of the Genesee", lived here.
The
National Hotel was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 2004.
Located near Cuylerville is the
Boyd & Parker Park and Groveland Ambuscade, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
Geography
Cuylerville is in western Livingston County, in the eastern part of the town of Leicester.
U.S. Route 20A and
New York State Route 39
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pass through the community together as Cuylerville Road, leading west to
Leicester village and east to
Geneseo, the Livingston
county seat
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.
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau, the Cuylerville CDP has an area of , all land.
The hamlet sits at the western edge of the valley of the
Genesee River
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.
Demographics
References
External links
Town of Leicester
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Hamlets in New York (state)
Census-designated places in New York (state)
Census-designated places in Livingston County, New York
Hamlets in Livingston County, New York