Gorham, New York

Gorham is a hamlet (and census-designated place) within the Town of Gorham, in Ontario County, New York, United States. It is located along New York State Route 245. Gorham is situated around Flint Creek. Gorham is a large hamlet with several businesses, including public library and a post office with a zip code of 14461. Gorham is also the location for Gorham Elementary School, one of two elementary schools in the Marcus Whitman Central School District. The hamlet of Gorham started as a public house erected by Thomas Haistead in the early 19th century. Flint Creek was used to power a grist mill and Craft's saw mill, which was erected in 1808. Gorham soon grew to include a general store, a drug store, a hardware store and a hotel. Most of the business buildings were destroyed by a fire in 1868, however, they were soon replaced.

Stanley is a hamlet in Ontario County, New York, United States, located along New York State Route 245 in the Town of Seneca. It has a post office with a zip code of 14561. The Town of Seneca justice court is located in Stanley. Stanley was formerly known as Stanleys Corners; the nearby hamlet of Hall was also formerly known as Halls Corners. Stanley is known by many as the cabbage capital of the Northeastern United States.

Hall is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Ontario County, New York, United States, near the city of Geneva, along State Route 14A in the Town of Seneca. Located in the Finger Lakes region, Hall has a fire department and a post office with a downtown zip code of 14463, though the urbanized area extends beyond this. Hall also has various agricultural enterprises, including a John Deere tractor dealer, a seed production company (Seedway), and a fertilizer company (Hall Fertilizer Corp.). Seedway, a subsidiary of Growmark, serves the entire Northeast and is headquartered in Hall.As of the 2010 census, Hall has a population of 216. With the exception of one Korean, the population was fully non-Hispanic white. Of the 97 housing units in the hamlet, 12 were vacant and the median household income was $74,861, reflective of its relatively robust economy. None of the population was below the poverty line.Hall and the surrounding area were settled and cleared, mostly as farmland, around the turn of the 19th century, with a wave of migration from England. The hamlet, which was originally established as Hall's Corners, was informally known as "the English settlement." Starting in the mid-19th century, Hall had a station on a since removed section of line of the now defunct Elmira Rail Road Company, a subsidiary of the Northern Central Railroad. Despite this, Hall has retained its status as an active agricultural center.Hall's agricultural economy is supported by two companies, Seedway and LandPro. The latter is a large John Deere dealership with over 20 locations in New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Seneca is a town in Ontario County, New York, United States. The population was 2,658 at the 2020 census. The town is named after a group of local natives. The Town of Seneca is on the southern border of the county and is southwest of the City of Geneva. The Town of West Seneca in Erie County added "west" to its name to avoid confusion with the Town of Seneca.

Barden Cobblestone Farmhouse is a historic home located at Benton in Yates County, New York. The farmhouse was built about 1843 and is an example of vernacular Greek Revival style, cobblestone domestic architecture. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, five-bay center-hall building. It is built of small, multi-colored field cobbles. Also on the property are two sheds, two wells, and a hitching post. The farmhouse is among the nine surviving cobblestone buildings in Yates County.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Seneca Presbyterian Church, also known as the "Number Nine" Church, is a historic Presbyterian church located at Stanley in Ontario County, New York. The original section of the church was constructed in 1838. It was widened in 1863 and the bell tower and front vestibule added about 1873. The church took its final form in 1889, with additional changes to the vestibule and interior decoration. The interior features a trompe l'oeil fresco depicting a succession of arched openings and rooms with coffered ceilings and checkered floors. Also on the property is the church cemetery and chapel or parish house.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Pageant of Steam is an annual steam fair held on Gehan Road near Canandaigua, New York (Town of Hopewell) between Rochester and Syracuse. It started in 1960 and is hosted by the New York Steam Engine Association. The pageant is held the second full weekend of August, starting on Wednesday and continuing through Saturday. Besides steam engines, it features an antique tractor pull and a large flea market. Due to the nearby Empire Farm Days event that was in various Upstate New York locations including nearby Seneca Falls and Pompey, held from Tuesday until Thursday, some of the flea market vendors and many visitors attend the Steam Pageant on Friday and Saturday. As of 2023 Empire Farm Days is a week before the Steam Pageant. Until 1971, when 28 acres (110,000 m2) were purchased on Gehan Road off State Route 5 and US 20 3 miles (4.8 km) East of the City of Canandaigua, the event was held at various places, including the old site of Roseland Waterpark on Canandaigua Lake.

Marcus Whitman High School is a middle/high-school located in Rushville, New York. It is part of the Marcus Whitman Central School District. The school was named after Marcus Whitman, the famous missionary and physician. The middle and high schools are both connected as part of the same building. Also located on the campus is the BOCES building for Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES, which is right next to the school building. Marcus Whitman is a rural school district, meaning its district includes many small towns and their outlying areas. It ranks second among school districts in New York for total area.

Seneca Castle is a hamlet in Ontario County, New York, United States. The community is 5.8 miles (9.3 km) west-northwest of Geneva. Seneca Castle has a post office with ZIP code 14547.

Levi Barden Cobblestone Farmhouse is a historic home located at Seneca in Ontario County, New York. It is a cobblestone structure that was constructed in 1836 in the Greek Revival style.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

William Nichols Cobblestone Farmhouse is a historic home located at Benton in Yates County, New York. The farmhouse was built about 1844 and is an example of Greek Revival style, cobblestone domestic architecture. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, L-shaped residence. It is built of reddish lakewashed cobbles. The property includes a barn and smokehouse. The farmhouse is among the nine surviving cobblestone buildings in Yates County.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Rushville is a village in Ontario and Yates Counties in the U.S. state of New York. The population was 655 in the 2019 American Community Survey. Most of the Village of Rushville is within the Town of Potter in Yates County and a small part is in the Town of Gorham in Ontario County. It is one of two villages in Ontario County that is split between two townships and the only village in Ontario split between two counties.