Sherwood, New York

Sherwood, New York
Hamlet
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
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Cayuga
Town	Scipio
ZIP Code	13026 (Aurora)

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]

• Augustus Howland House, 1395 Sherwood Rd., Sherwood
• Slocum and Hannah Howland House, 1781 Sherwood Rd., Sherwood
• Job and Deborah Otis House, 1882-1886 Sherwood Rd., Sherwood
• Sherwood Equal Rights Historic District, Sherwood Rd. & NY 34B, Sherwood

Notable people

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

Quaker abolitionist Emily Howland was from Sherwood.

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–.