Editing Weedsport, New York (section)

==History==
Weedsport was within the [[Central New York Military Tract]]. The village was originally named "Weed's Basin" because the town had a basin (boat turnaround) during the Erie Canal era. The name was then changed to Weedsport.

[[File:Weedsport, N.Y. 1885. LOC 75694869.jpg|thumb|[[Perspective map]] of Weedsport and list of landmarks from 1885 by [[L.R. Burleigh]]]]
During the Eire Canal era, Weedsport competed with the neighboring village, [[Port Byron, New York|Port Byron]], to be an entry port for the city of Auburn. The two villages competed economically until both fell under financial troubles during the closing of their respective ports (a friendly rivalry remains to this day, mostly in local sports).

The village was incorporated in 1831.

Weedsport Elementary School was built in 1908. Renovations to the elementary school in 1986 added more classrooms, a gymnasium, and a homemaking facility. [[Weedsport Junior/Senior High School]] was built in 1957 and later expanded in 1967 and 2005.<ref>[http://hawk.flls.org/weedsport/titlefinley3.html "Weedsport-Brutus A Brief History" by Howard J. Finley]</ref>

The [[Centreport Aqueduct]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2000.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>  The [[First Baptist Church of Weedsport]] was listed in 2002, the [[Orrin W. Burritt House]] in 2007, and the [[Frank and Eliza Tryon House]] in 2014.<ref name="nris"/><ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20140530.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=May 30, 2014|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>