Katana VentraIP

Wethersfield, New York

Wethersfield is an incorporated town in Wyoming County, New York. The population was 891 at the time of the 2000 census. The Town of Wethersfield is centrally located in the county.

Wethersfield, New York

United States

New York

Wyoming

36.12 sq mi (93.54 km2)

35.81 sq mi (92.75 km2)

0.31 sq mi (0.80 km2)

1,870 ft (570 m)

883

861

24.04/sq mi (9.28/km2)

UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))

UTC-4 (EDT)

36-81325[3]

0979631[4]

History[edit]

The Town of Wethersfield was established in 1823 from part of the Town of Orangeville.[5] It was named after settlers from their home, Wethersfield, Connecticut.

Geography[edit]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.1 square miles (93 km2), of which 35.8 square miles (93 km2) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) (0.78%) is water.


Wethersfield has 35 General Electric wind-power turbines atop a hill at approximately 2060 feet above sea level, which can be seen from NY Route 78 (Cattaraugus Road), Perry Road (CR 9), Pee Dee Road, and Poplar Tree Road.

– An abandoned New York National Guard rifle range located on the south side of Wethersfield Road, between Bumbacher and Poplar Tree Roads.

Camp O'Ryan

Eastmans Corners – A location near the center of the town.

Hermitage – A on Route 78 near the eastern town line.

hamlet

Poplar Tree Corners – A hamlet on Wethersfield Road on the northern border of the town.

Smith's Corners – A hamlet on Route 78 in the southwest part of the town.

Union Corners – A hamlet on Wethersfield Road on the western border of the town.

Wethersfield Springs – A hamlet on Wethersfield Road on the northern border of the town, located by East Koy Creek.

News media[edit]

Radio station WLKK is licensed to Wethersfield. The station is one of the vestiges of the Rural Radio Network and, since the 1980s, has primarily been used as a rimshot broadcaster attempting to reach the Buffalo radio market.

retired NFL fullback, member of the College Football Hall of Fame

Don Bosseler

District Attorney, Wyoming County, NY; U.S. Senator, Wisconsin.

James Rood Doolittle

member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

John Morgan

member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Jefferson F. Wescott

member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin State Senate

Walter S. Wescott