Rockdale, New York
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Rockdale is a hamlet in the town of Guilford
, Chenango County, New York
. It is located on the Unadilla River
.
It is at latitude 42.378N, longitude 75.408W.
Some chapters of the novel "Atlas Shrugged
" by Ayn Rand
take place at Rockdale's railway station and at an estate five miles from the town. It is the location of the Rockdale Community Church
, added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 2005.
Guilford, New York
Guilford is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States. The town is on the east border of the county. The population was 3,046 at the 2000 census.- History :The land was purchased from the Oneida tribe in 1785.The town was first settled around 1787...
, Chenango County, New York
Chenango County, New York
Chenango County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 50,477. The county's name originates from an Oneida word meaning "large bull-thistle." Its county seat is Norwich.-History:...
. It is located on the Unadilla River
Unadilla River
The Unadilla River in New York State flows from south of Utica to the village of Sidney, where it flows into the Susquehanna River, which eventually empties into the Chesapeake Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean....
.
It is at latitude 42.378N, longitude 75.408W.
Some chapters of the novel "Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the United States. Rand's fourth and last novel, it was also her longest, and the one she considered to be her magnum opus in the realm of fiction writing...
" by Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism....
take place at Rockdale's railway station and at an estate five miles from the town. It is the location of the Rockdale Community Church
Rockdale Community Church
Rockdale Community Church is a historic church on New York State Route 8 in the hamlet of Rockdale, Chenango County, New York. It was built in 1860 and is a one story rectangular wood frame building, three bays long and three bays wide. It sits on a stone foundation and is surmounted by a gable roof...
, added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2005.