Vernon Center, New York
Vernon Center is a hamlet in Oneida County, New York, United States. The community is located at the intersection of New York State Route 26 and New York State Route 31 southeast of the village of Vernon. Vernon Center has a post office with ZIP code 13477, which opened on January 16, 1823.
The Vernon Center Green Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, as "a rare surviving example in central New York State of an eighteenth century New England type village green." The portected district includes the Vicitorian Gazebo of erected in 1901, the Green itself, the Parkside United Methodist Church and parsonage, and the former Vernon Center Presbyterian Church.
The first religious sermon in Vernon Center was given outdoors in the fall of 1799 by Rev. Samuel Kirkland, missionary to the Oneidas, and founder of what became Hamilton College.Notable people