Mycenae is a
hamlet
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in the
Town of Manlius,
New York
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, within
Onondaga County
Onondaga County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 476,516. The county seat is Syracuse. The county is part of the Central New York region of the state.
Onondaga County is the core of the ...
, United States. It lies at the meeting point of
New York Route 5 and
Route 290. Mycenae is located at 43° 02' 56" North, 75° 55' 50" West.
Presumably the hamlet was named after the ancient Greek city of
Mycenae
Mycenae ( ; ; or , ''Mykē̂nai'' or ''Mykḗnē'') is an archaeological site near Mykines, Greece, Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece. It is located about south-west of Athens; north of Argos, Peloponnese, Argos; and sou ...
.
History
Historically the hamlet was sometimes known as ''Hartsville''; it is however not to be confused with the
Hartsville in
Steuben County.
Community
The area is the site of some small farms, as well as the Aspinall Tree
Nursery. Some local homes are large, while others are more modest. The
Greek Revival
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style
Mycenae Schoolhouse
Mycenae Schoolhouse is a historic one-room school building located in the hamlet of Mycenae in the town of Manlius in Onondaga County, New York. It is a one-story building built of locally quarried limestone with a low-pitched gabled roof in the ...
, built 1850, was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1983.
Local mail is handled at ZIP code 13066 in the nearby
Village of Fayetteville.
New York State Route 5
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passes through the hamlet.
References
External links
Mycenae Cemetery
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Hamlets in New York (state)
Syracuse metropolitan area
Hamlets in Onondaga County, New York
Manlius, New York