Early baseball in New York (state)/Club 9

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Location	New York (state)
Year	1867
Note on date	Spring of 1867
City	Conesus
State	NY
Country	US
Found by	Larry McCray

"In the spring of 1867, the first base-ball club was formed here. They had their playgrounds, between Union Corners and Conesus Center, on lands owned by Timothy Degraw. This club existed only through one summer.

W. Boyd, History of the Town of Conesus, Boyd's Job Printing, Conesus, 1887), page 132.

Rural Conesus is in western New York state, about 30 miles S of Rochester.