Lidell Corners, New York Explained

Official Name:Lidell Corners, New York
Settlement Type:Hamlet
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:New York
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Otsego
Subdivision Type3:Town
Subdivision Name3:Exeter
Pushpin Map:New York
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within the state of New York
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Ft:1319[1]
Elevation M:402
Coordinates:42.7625°N -75.0286°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:13457
Area Code:607

Lidell Corners is a hamlet south of Schuyler Lake located at the corner of CR-16 and NY-28 in the Town of Richfield. Lidell Creek flows into Oaks Creek east of the hamlet.[2]

William Lidell built a farmhouse at the intersection in the 1700s, the source of the location's namesake.

In the late 1970s through 1990s this original homestead was saved and preserved by historian John Stoltenborg who also served as historian to the town of Exeter. An expert in Federal period furniture and folk art portraits, Mr. Stoltenborg and his wife Janet guided a successful antiques business from the homestead in addition to setting up Lidell family reunions to keep the history of the space alive.

References

Lidell / Stoltenborg Ancestry

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lidell Corners . 1980 . Geonames.usgs . usgs . 3 June 2017 . data.
  2. Web site: Chronicles of Schuyler Lake and Vicinity . theusgenweb.org . Almena Perkins Stewart . April 4, 2019.