| Shepard Settlement | |
|---|---|
| hamlet | |
  Shepard Settlement Location within the state of New York | |
| Coordinates: 42°59′43″N76°23′00″W / 42.99528°N 76.38333°W Coordinates: 42°59′43″N76°23′00″W / 42.99528°N 76.38333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Onondaga |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
Shepard Settlement was a farming hamlet in the northeastern part of the Town of Skaneateles in Onondaga County, New York.
Skaneateles is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 7,209 at the 2010 census. The name is from the Iroquois term for the adjacent Skaneateles Lake, which means "long lake." The town is on the western border of the county and includes a village, also named Skaneateles. Both town and village are southwest of Syracuse.
Onondaga County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 467,026. The county seat is Syracuse.
Named for the first settlers, this was the second community founded in the Town of Skaneatles, after the Village of Skaneatles at the northern end of Skaneateles Lake. Other early settler families with numerous members in the immediate area include the Chapmans, Bishops, Horsingtons and Hares. The settlement was along Stump Road between Hoyt and Foster Roads on the west and Shepard Road on the east, centered roughly where Chapman Road ends at Stump Road. The hamlet was 2.6 miles WNW of the Village of Marcellus and 4 miles NE of Skaneateles.
Skaneateles Lake is one of the Finger Lakes in central New York in the United States. The name Skaneateles means long lake in one of the local Iroquoian languages. The lake is sometimes referred to as "The Roof Garden of the Lakes" because its altitude is higher than the other Finger Lakes.
Marcellus is a village located in the town of Marcellus in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 1,813 at the 2010 census. The village is southwest of Syracuse and is in the southern part of the town of Marcellus.
The various amenities of a rural community, such as a church and general store, have long since disappeared, leaving only Shepard Settlement Cemetery on the northwestern corner of Stump and Foster Roads to establish the community's identity.
The Shepard Settlement Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1]
Shepard Settlement Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Shepard Settlement, Onondaga County, New York. It was established about 1823, and remains an active burial ground containing approximately 500 burials. It is notable for including the graves of at least 30 veterans of all wars from the Revolutionary War to World War II. The gravestones are representative of typical funerary art of the mid-19th century.
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.
