Sherwood, New York

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Sherwood, New York
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Sherwood
Location of Sherwood in New York
Coordinates: 42°45′39″N76°37′17″W / 42.76083°N 76.62139°W / 42.76083; -76.62139 Coordinates: 42°45′39″N76°37′17″W / 42.76083°N 76.62139°W / 42.76083; -76.62139
Country United States
State New York
County Cayuga
Town Scipio

Sherwood is a hamlet in Cayuga County, New York, United States. [1]

It is the location of four properties or districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places: [2]

Notable person

Painter Amy Otis was a native of Sherwood. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sherwood, New York
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  3. Albert Nelson Marquis (1915). Who's who in New England: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. A.N. Marquis & Company. pp. 807–.