Skaneateles Creek

Skaneateles Falls is a community on Skaneateles Creek in Onondaga County, New York, United States. It is the closest community to Community Place, a former Fourierist utopian commune.

Rolling Wheels Raceway a.k.a. Rolling Wheels Raceway Park was a 5/8 mile dirt oval raceway in Elbridge, New York. Canadian Lloyd Holt won the first full season track title in 1970.

The Elbridge Village Historic District is a 60 acres (24 ha) historic district in the town of Elbridge, New York. It includes 66 contributing buildings and 26 contributing objects. Most of the contributing buildings are along Route 5. Federal and Greek Revival architectural styles are represented. Contributing objects include items such as a carriage entry staircase. The Town of Elbridge has an estimated population of 6,000 people and an approximate size of 36 square miles.

Community Place, in Skaneateles, New York, was built in 1830. It was photographed by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1963 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It was a relatively successful Fourierist commune for three years, Skaneateles Community. It is now known as Frog Pond. It is located south of Skaneateles Falls, New York, at 680 Sheldon Road.

Skaneateles Community was a utopian social experiment established in 1843 by the Society for Universal Inquiry and Reform in a 350-acre (1.4 km2) farm near Mottville, in Skaneateles in Upstate New York based on Fourierist principles. It was one of several communities established by the Society prior to the Civil War. The community survived for three years. John A. Collins (1810–1890), a noted abolitionist, became the community leader. During its life, the community had about a hundred members who shared living quarters as well as work on the farm, and in the sawmill and print shop. Although economically viable, internal differences and Collins' waning leadership resulted in the dissolution of the community. By 1846, Collins had reverted to theism and the Whig party, and had become the editor of a daily Whig journal published in Dayton, Ohio. He wrote an autobiographical essay that included a short description of his motives in establishing the community, attributing its failure to human nature: "... We established a community upon the no-government, or non-resistance principle; upon the largest liberty; upon the broadest principles of democratic equality. With a faithful and honest trial of nearly three years, we were compelled to renounce the principles we entertained, both in relation to governments and religion and society, as false in theory and pernicious in their practical tendencies. "They might, so far as governments are concerned, do very well if men were angels, and angels gods; but human nature is too low, too selfish, and too ignorant for relations so exalted. ...":

Elbridge is a village located in the western part of the town of Elbridge in western Onondaga County, New York, United States, about 15 miles (24 km) west of Syracuse. It is part of the Syracuse Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 921.

Jordan-Elbridge High School is a high school located in Jordan, New York. It is part of the Jordan-Elbridge Central School District.

Elbridge is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 5,476. The town is named after Elbridge Gerry, the fifth Vice President of the United States, and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The Town of Elbridge is west of Syracuse, on the western border of the county. The town contains two villages, one named Jordan and one which is also named Elbridge.

Mottville is a hamlet in the Town of Skaneateles, New York, United States. A tornado touched down in Mottville on July 28, 2002.

The Jordan Village Historic District in Jordan, New York is a 34 acres (14 ha) historic district that dates back to 1810. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and includes 70 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing structures.

Jordan Canal Park in Jordan, New York includes the Jordan Aqueduct, which carried the Erie Canal over Skaneateles Creek. There is a pathway along the canal through the village.

Jordan is a village in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,192. It is part of the Syracuse Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was named after the Jordan River. Jordan is located in the northwest part of the town of Elbridge, west of Syracuse.