Jamesville, New York
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Jamesville is a hamlet in Onondaga County, New York, part of the greater Syracuse area. For census purposes it is part of the town of De Witt, New York.
The history of the community is documented in the book Water, Wheels and Stone: Heritage of the Little Village by the Creek, Jamesville, New York, written by Jean Schutz Keough, and published in 1976 and 1978 by the Jamesville Historical Book Committee.
Jamesville is the site of the Jamesville Reservoir. The reservoir is in a park that contains a small beach, several short hiking trails and fields. The fields are the site of the annual Jamesville BalloonFest where dozens of hot-air balloons take to the air in one weekend. During the weekend only, Jamesville is served by OnTrack, a light-rail system.
[edit] External links
- Jamesville Community Museum
- Jamesville-DeWitt School District
- Greater Jamesville Chamber of Commerce, poorly fleshed out as of March 2005
- History from Jamesville's Glen Loch Restaurant
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