Editing Accord, New York (section)

==History==
A [[Delaware and Hudson Canal]] town originally named Port Jackson, it is thought that the name "Accord" resulted from a petition of the townspeople to the Capitol in Albany for a new name. The response was that the authorities could not come to an accord about a new name so the name "Accord" was chosen. The local pronunciation of this word is with a flat 'A' with the accent on the 'A' (ACK-kord).

Accord is home to a Paleolithic site discovered in 2004 called the 'Mettacahonts Creek Find'{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}},   as it is currently being reviewed there is evidence of the items recovered dating to a period earlier than the currently accepted arrival of humans in North America.  The over 200 specimens recovered, in pristine condition,  are unusual in that there are multiples of the same lithics and there are large examples not commonly found in typical lithic sites in North America. It is also believed that the site was used over a period of many thousands of years. The collection is privately owned.

[[Appeldoorn Farm]], [[Common School No. 10]], and [[Joachim Schoonmaker Farm]], in rural areas near the hamlet, are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><ref name="nps1">
{{cite web
|url       = http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20130329.htm
|title     = National Register of Historic Places Listings
|date      = 2013-03-29
|work      = Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 3/18/13 through 3/22/13 
|publisher = National Park Service
}}</ref>
An application to list most of the hamlet on the Register as the [[Accord Historic District]]<ref name="Accord HD nomination">{{cite web|last=Larson|first=Neil|title=National Register of Historic Places nomination form, Accord Historic District|url=https://parks.ny.gov/shpo/national-register/documents/nominations/AccordHistoricDistrictAccordUlsterCounty.pdf|publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]]|date=December 10, 2018|access-date=December 23, 2019}}</ref> was filed with the [[U.S. National Park Service]] in December 2019;<ref name="NRHP pending list">{{cite web|title=Pending List 20191214|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/pending-list-20191214.htm|publisher=[[U.S. National Park Service]]|date=December 14, 2019|access-date=December 23, 2019}}</ref> the next month it was approved and the district was listed.<ref name="NRHP listing">{{cite web|title=Weekly List 20200124|url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/weekly-list-20200124.htm|publisher=[[U.S. National Park Service]]|date=January 24, 2020|access-date=September 29, 2020}}</ref>