Rodman

History

Prehistoric remains in the town document the lives of the original natives. The region was part of Macomb's Purchase. The town was first settled around 1801. Rodman was organized as a town in 1804 from part of the town of Adams. The town was originally called "Harrison" after an early landowner, but was later changed to "Rodman", the name of the clerk of the legislature, due to confusion with other similarly named communities. Part of Rodman was used in 1808 to form the Town of Pinckney (Now part of Lewis County).

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which , or 0.13%, are water. The town is north of Syracuse and south of Watertown, on the western slopes of the Tug Hill Plateau. The eastern town line is the border of Lewis County. New York State Route 177 is an east–west highway crossing the town. The North and South Branches of Sandy Creek run through Rodman and eventually join near Litt's Bridge at the western border of the town.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  1,963
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  1,774
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  1,700
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,593
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,547
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,505
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,483
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,395

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2026-04-26
  6 km SE of Lowville, New York
• M 2.8 — 2026-03-21
  28 km WSW of Henderson, New York
• M 3.3 — 2024-06-29
  14 km W of Ellisburg, New York
• M 3.6 — 2023-04-23
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• M 2.6 — 2023-04-14
  1 km W of Adams Center, New York
• M 2.64 — 2007-08-11
  4 km N of Kingston, Canada