Tully and Pompey, NY (Syracuse: restaurants, estimates, locations)

[bellafinzi]

Originally Posted by proulxfamily

The village of Fabius *is* southern Pompey, right on the southern border. I'm not exactly sure who provides their water but it isn't from a well... my friend in middle school was surprised that we needed a well dug when the house was built. It wasn't at all uncommon to dig a well in an old cornfield for new construction (not through a contractor, my dad built a mortis-and-tenon/post-and-beam colonial for several years) but since she had no experience with wells and they received a water bill every month, it was just unfamiliar to her.

I'll call my mom later and see if she knows what the village uses for water. They don't live in Fabius itself but she grew up in Fabius-Pompey and went to their schools... she might know. ?? lol. Either way, I can't really see huge wells being dug to run the entire central school district. It would seem a bit far-fetched.

And Fabius-Pompey is no more "very rural" than Cazenovia. Both villages are home to all the schools in their respective central school districts, have affluent homes and homeowners, the yards and homes are well manicured, are surrounded by farms in every direction, and are just 20 minutes from Syracuse.

I thought the village of Fabius was in the middle of the Town of Fabius, not southern Pompey?

I guess I mistakenly assumed municipal water covered similar territory as the county's sewage system. Here is a map of Onondaga County's sewage system:

http://blog.syracuse.com/graphics_im...y_district.jpg

[proulxfamily]

Besides the city of Syracuse, the county is made up of towns, which contain villages. The Town of Manlius contains the 3 villages of Minoa, Fayetteville, and Manlius, for example- the school district is Fayetteville-Manlius. The Town of Pompey contains the Hamlet of Pompey Hill, the Village of Fabius, the tiny hamlet of Watervale and Oran-Delphi and the school district is Fabius-Pompey. Pompey is the largest town, geographically, than any other in Onondaga County.

Looking up its history- among a good number of famous people from Pompey are two who are, in my opinion, most recognizable. Winston Churchill's maternal grandfather, Leonard Jerome, was born and raised in Pompey... Jerome Road is off the first bend of Rte. 91, just south of Rte. 20. William George Fargo, the founder of Wells-Fargo and former mayor of Buffalo, was born in Watervale in the Town of Pompey.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by proulxfamily

Besides the city of Syracuse, the county is made up of towns, which contain villages. The Town of Manlius contains the 3 villages of Minoa, Fayetteville, and Manlius, for example- the school district is Fayetteville-Manlius. The Town of Pompey contains the Hamlet of Pompey Hill, the Village of Fabius, the tiny hamlet of Watervale and Oran-Delphi and the school district is Fabius-Pompey. Pompey is the largest town, geographically, than any other in Onondaga County.

Looking up its history- among a good number of famous people from Pompey are two who are, in my opinion, most recognizable. Winston Churchill's maternal grandfather, Leonard Jerome, was born and raised in Pompey... Jerome Road is off the first bend of Rte. 91, just south of Rte. 20. William George Fargo, the founder of Wells-Fargo and former mayor of Buffalo, was born in Watervale in the Town of Pompey.

I believe some of the town of Pompey is in the F-M SD. Some of it might be in the J-D and Caz school districts too.

[proulxfamily]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

I believe some of the town of Pompey is in the F-M SD. Some of it might be in the J-D and Caz school districts too.

Most towns are like that though. When we were househunting, there was a home near the Pompey Town Hall that was [obviously] in the Town of Pompey, with a Manlius mailing address (despite being a nearly 10 minutes' drive away), but in the Cazenovia Central School District. Two roads *nearer* to Caz, but south of Rte. 20 by a half mile, was the Fabius-Pompey district again. Pompey and Cazenovia are in different COUNTIES (Onondaga and Madison) entirely so how they reconcile residents of one county attending schools in another is beyond me. But it happens. lol

[ki0eh]

What I heard happened is that each of the one-room-school districts got to vote on which way they went when the district centralized (i.e. became "X Central School"). For example, I grew up in the Town of Cortlandville, but that particular one-room school in the southwest corner went with McLean Central School when it came time to vote. Then McLean Central School merged with Dryden-Freeville Central School to become the Dryden Central School District, which I remember hearing was the first merger of already-centralized schools in NYS. So I wound up going to Dryden High School, whereas Cortland, Homer, McGraw, and Groton high schools were all closer!

By contrast, in Pennsylvania nearly all school district boundaries follow township lines. So it's a little less crazy to figure out where you are in PA vs. NY.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by ki0eh

What I heard happened is that each of the one-room-school districts got to vote on which way they went when the district centralized (i.e. became "X Central School"). For example, I grew up in the Town of Cortlandville, but that particular one-room school in the southwest corner went with McLean Central School when it came time to vote. Then McLean Central School merged with Dryden-Freeville Central School to become the Dryden Central School District, which I remember hearing was the first merger of already-centralized schools in NYS. So I wound up going to Dryden High School, whereas Cortland, Homer, McGraw, and Groton high schools were all closer!

By contrast, in Pennsylvania nearly all school district boundaries follow township lines. So it's a little less crazy to figure out where you are in PA vs. NY.

Good example of this. Another example is the DeRuyter School District, which is in parts of 4 counties.

[ki0eh]

If I remember right, there's a Madison County road in the Town of Fabius as well. (Near DeRuyter Lake.)

[RollsRoyce]

Within 5 minutes of Highland Forest in the town of Fabius you can be in 3 different counties, Onondaga, Madison, and Cortland. The far NW corner of Chenango County is probably only 20 minutes going the direct route through country roads. This area is one of my favorite in CNY due to the scenery.

[momix5]

are there any german restaurants in the area?

[acknight]

Originally Posted by momix5

are there any german restaurants in the area?

You might try Danzer's on Ainsley Drive, near SU's South Campus off Brighton Avenue.

There used to be Weber's, which shut down earlier this year. I believe there are others, but can't think of any off the top of my head.