Jordan, New York
village in New York, United States
Jordan is a village in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,192. It is part of the Syracuse metropolitan area. It was named after the Jordan River.
Jordan is located in the northwest part of the town of Elbridge, west of Syracuse.
History
The village bloomed with the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825. Due to the canal, Jordan became larger than Elbridge Village farther south. In 1835, Jordan was incorporated as a village.
In 1983, much of the village was included in the Jordan Village Historic District and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Erie Canal
When the Erie Canal opened in October 1825, the original route went through the middle of Jordan, along what is today Clinton and Mechanic streets, with the original lock being Lock 59 (located near the current post office).
“Jordan, New York” enters the record as village in New York, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Jordan, York and village can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3452815. VIAF identifies the subject as 142040807. The Library of Congress control number is n92079401. Authority coordinates are 43.067, -76.467. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1825, 1835 and 1983.
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