Lincoln, Wayne County, New York

Coordinates: 43°11′00″N 77°20′40″W / 43.18333°N 77.34444°W / 43.18333; -77.34444 Lincoln is a hamlet in the Town of Walworth, Wayne County, New York, United States. It is located 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the hamlet of Walworth, at an elevation of 505 feet (154 m). The primary cross roads where the hamlet is located are Plank Road (CR 201), North Lincoln Road (CR 200) and South Lincoln Road (CR 202).

The area is primarily agricultural, but becoming more residential. The Lincoln Baptist Church is located in the hamlet. Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department, formed in 1947, serves the hamlet and surrounding area.^[1]

In the fall of 2010, Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz of The History Channel's American Pickers picked through the old cheese factory (built c. 1867) on Plank Road in Lincoln. Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department members provided equipment to assist them in gaining access to some sections of the building. Footage was first aired during an episode on January 17, 2011.^[2]

References

↑ Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department, Retrieved Jan. 20, 2015.
↑ Wayne Post, Pickers Pick Through Old Cheese Factory by Sue Higgins (January 27, 2011), Retrieved Jan. 20, 2015.

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lincoln, Wayne County, New York

External links

Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department

Municipalities and communities of Wayne County, New York, United States

County seat: Lyons

Towns	Arcadia Butler Galen Huron Lyons Macedon Marion Ontario Palmyra Rose Savannah Sodus Walworth Williamson Wolcott

Villages	Clyde Macedon Newark Palmyra Red Creek Sodus Sodus Point Wolcott

CDPs	Marion North Rose Ontario Pultneyville Savannah Williamson

Hamlets	Alloway Alton Angells Corners Bear Creek Bonnie Castle Butler Center Desbrough Park East Bay Park East Palmyra East Williamson Evans Corner Fairville Fairville Station Fergusons Corners Fort Hill Furnace Village Furnaceville Gananda Glenmark Huddle Huron Hydesville Joy Lake Bluff Lakeside Lincoln Lock Berlin Lockpit Lummisville Lyons Macedon Center Marbletown Marengo Minsteed Mud Mills Noble Corner North Huron North Macedon North Wolcott Ontario Center Ontario-on-the-Lake Owls Nest Pilgrimport Resort Rice Mill Rose Shephards Corner Sodus Center South Butler South Sodus Sunset View Thorntons Corner Union Hill‡ Wallington Walworth Wayne Center Wayneport West Butler West Walworth Westbury‡ Yellow Mills York Zurich

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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