City of Oswego

Oswego is a small city in Central New York on the southeastern shore of Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Oswego River.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Ontario and Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum.

Fort Ontario

Park

Fort Ontario is an American historic bastion fort situated by the City of Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It is owned by the state of New York and operated as a museum known as Fort Ontario State Historic Site.

Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum

Museum

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The Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum is a museum in Oswego, New York that tells the story of 982 mainly Jewish refugees who fled Europe in the U.S.

H. Lee White Marine Museum

Museum

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The H. Lee White Maritime Museum is located in Oswego, New York. It was founded in 1982 by Rosemary Sinnett Nesbitt, a local professor and the City of Oswego Historian.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include SUNY Oswego and Scriba.

SUNY Oswego

Locality

State University of New York at Oswego is a public university in Oswego, New York, United States. It has a total student population of 6,756 and the campus size is 700 acres.

Scriba

Village

Scriba is a town in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 6,840 at the 2010 census. The town is named after landowner George Scriba. Scriba is situated 3½ miles east of City of Oswego.

City of Oswego

Type: Locality with 18,100 residents
Location: Oswego, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.4586° or 43° 27′ 31″ north

Longitude

-76.5036° or 76° 30′ 13″ west

Population

18,100

Elevation

299 feet (91 metres)

Open location code

87M5FF5W+CH

GeoNames ID

5130082

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