Pittsford (N.Y.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
פיטספורד (ניו יורק)
Name (Latin)
Pittsford (N.Y.)
Other forms of name
Big Spring (N.Y.)
Coordinates
-77.51666667 -77.51666667 43.08972222 43.08972222 (gooearth )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 136226033
Wikidata: Q175909
Library of congress: n 99012283
Sources of Information
  • GNIS, 11 Feb. 1999(Pittsford, pop. place, NY, Monroe Co., 43°05ʹ26ʺN 77°30ʹ55ʺW)
  • Reflections on Big Spring, c2010:p. ix (Big Spring; Seneca Indian name for Pittsford, NY)
  • Community Map Co. 1997 town of Pittsford, Monroe County, New York, 1997:map recto (Village of Pittsford)
  • GNIS, 11 Feb. 1999(Pittsford, pop. place, NY, Monroe Co., 43p0s05ʹ26ʺN 77p0s30ʹ55ʺW)
  • Rand McNally comm. atlas, 1998(Pittsford, inc., in Town of Pittsford, Monroe Co.)

Wikipedia description:

Pittsford is an incorporated town in Monroe County, New York, United States. A suburb of Rochester, its population was 30,617 at the time of the 2020 census. Formerly part of the town of Northfield, Pittsford was settled in 1789 and incorporated in 1796. The village of Pittsford was incorporated in 1827. It was named by Colonel Caleb Hopkins, a War of 1812 hero and subsequently Pittsford town supervisor, for the town of his birth, Pittsford, Vermont. The Erie Canal passes through the town.

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