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THE BLINK BONNY

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Arts & Culture
Location
1707 River Rd, De Kalb, NY 13630, USA
Lat/Long
44.486313, -75.369768
Grant Recipient
Town of De Kalb
Historic Marker

THE BLINK BONNY

Inscription

THE BLINK BONNY
NAME FOR THIS PLACE USED
BY DE KALB RESIDENTS
PRIOR TO 1814.
FROM A SCOTS PHRASE
CONVEYING ITS BEAUTY.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2021

The Goff and Spencer Survey of 1814 was created by Potter Goff and Silas Spencer for the town of De Kalb in the southwest part of St. Lawrence County, New York. It enumerated the town into lots and included details on existing buildings and land resources. The survey labeled this area the Blink Bonny, from a Scots phrase conveying the beauty of the land. The area is believed to have been named by some of the first settlers of the town.