Newtown Battlefield | |
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| Location | 451 Oneida Road, Elmira, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°2′43″N 76°44′0″W / 42.04528°N 76.73333°W |
| Area | 2,100 acres (850 ha) |
| Built | 1779 |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000826 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | 28 November 1972[1] |
| Designated NHL | 28 November 28, 1972[2] |
Newtown Battlefield State Park, formerly known as Newtown Battlefield Reservation, was the site of the Battle of Newtown fought in August 1779, during the American Revolutionary War. It was the only major battle of the Sullivan Expedition, an armed offensive led by General John Sullivan that was ordered by the Continental Congress to end the threat of the Iroquois who had sided with the British in the American Revolutionary War. In the battle, the Iroquois were defeated decisively. A portion of the battlefield is today managed as a 372-acre (1.51 km2) state park.[3] The entire battlefield (about 2,100 acres (850 ha)) was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.[2][4] The American Battlefield Trust and its partners have acquired and preserved more than 68 acres adjacent to the state park.[5]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Newtown Battlefield". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2007.
- ^ "Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9". 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook (PDF). The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. 2014. pp. 671–674. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
- ^ Snell, Charles W. (May 19, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Newtown Battlefield Reservation". National Park Service. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) "Accompanying 3 photos, from 1971" (pdf). National Park Service. Retrieved September 24, 2012. - ^ "Newtown Battlefield". American Battlefield Trust. Retrieved June 19, 2023.