Palmyra, New York, United States

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Palmyra, New York, United States, is a historic village in the Finger Lakes region known as the birthplace of U.S. Navy Admiral William T. Sampson and as an important early center of the Latter-day Saint movement.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
village
birthplaceOf William T. Sampson
country United States
governedBy village board of trustees
hasAreaCode 315
680
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasCountySeat Lyons, New York NERFINISHED
hasDemographicCharacteristic small population
hasEconomicHistory canal-era commerce
hasFeature historic Main Street
hasGovernmentType village government
hasHistoricDistrict Palmyra Village Historic District
hasHistoricEconomy agriculture
canal trade
hasHistoricRole Erie Canal-era transportation hub
hasNotableSite Book of Mormon publication site
Grandin Building
Hill Cumorah
Sacred Grove
hasPostalCode 14522
hasPrimaryEducationProvider Palmyra-Macedon Central School District
hasRegion Upstate New York
hasReligiousSite Palmyra New York Temple
multiple Latter-day Saint historic sites
hasSettlementType village
hasStateRoute New York State Route 21 NERFINISHED
New York State Route 31 NERFINISHED
hostedEvent annual Hill Cumorah Pageant (historical)
isTouristDestinationFor heritage tourism
religious tourism
knownFor birthplace of Admiral William T. Sampson
early center of the Latter-day Saint movement
locatedEastOf Rochester, New York NERFINISHED
locatedIn Finger Lakes region
New York
Wayne County, New York NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear Newark, New York
locatedWithin Town of Palmyra, New York
namedAfter Palmyra (ancient city)
near Erie Canal
partOf Rochester metropolitan area
religiousSignificanceFor The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
sharesNameWith Town of Palmyra, New York
traversedBy Erie Canal

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