Upstate New York

Lists of important features of Upstate New York

Famous political figures who came from the region:

• Grover Cleveland
• Millard Fillmore
• Charles Evans Hughes
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Martin Van Buren

The region is considered to be the cradle of Mormonism, as well as the Women's Suffrage movement. It was important historically in the Shaker movment.

Related Topics:
Mormonism - Women's Suffrage - Shaker

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Regions of Upstate New York:

• Adirondack Mountains (sometimes "Upstate New York", or the 'North Country')
• Capital District (Albany and the surrounding area)
• Catskill Mountains
• Central New York (includes Syracuse)
• Finger Lakes
• The Holland Purchase
• Hudson Valley (except Rockland County and Westchester County, though in general increasingly part of the New York metro area culturally)
• Mohawk Valley
• Shawangunk Ridge
• Southern Tier (just north of Pennsylvania, excluding Western New York)
• Western New York (the westernmost tip; includes Buffalo and Rochester)

Cities in Upstate New York include:

• Albany (the state capital)
• Binghamton
• Buffalo (the largest city in Upstate New York)
• Elmira
• Glens Falls
• Ithaca
• Jamestown
• Niagara Falls
• Plattsburgh
• Poughkeepsie
• Rochester
• Rome
• Saratoga Springs
• Schenectady
• Syracuse
• Troy
• Utica
• Watertown

Major universities in Upstate New York include:

• University at Albany (part of the SUNY system)
• Alfred University
• Binghamton University (part of the SUNY system)
• University at Buffalo (part of the SUNY system)
• Clarkson University
• Cornell University
• Niagara University
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• University of Rochester
• Skidmore College
• St. Bonaventure University
• Syracuse University

Tourist attractions and resort destinations in Upstate New York include:

• Adirondack Mountains
• Baseball Hall of Fame (in Cooperstown)
• Catskill Mountains
• Erie Canal
• Finger Lakes
• Fort Ticonderoga
• Lake Champlain
• Lake George
• Letchworth State Park
• Niagara Falls
• Saratoga Race Course
• Soccer Hall of Fame
• Thousand Islands