All Roads Lead to Rome

Every continent on Earth has at least one city named Rome, except Antarctica. This blog features the city of Rome, New York. Rome was established in 1870. It is 72 square miles and located in the geographical center of NYS at the foothills of the Adirondacks. Due to its strategic location it was one of the most important transportation points during the settling and founding of America in the 1700-1800s.

Fun Facts about Rome, New York:

• population: 34,950 (according to 2000 US census)
• Francis Bellamy, Author of the "Pledge of Allegiance" lived, and is buried, in Rome
• Dr. Potter, who lived at the Beeches, invented the first 2-piece handheld telephone.
• Rome was home to the 30th anniversary of Woodstock in 1999