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Orleans County is a county in the western part of the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,343. The county seat is Albion. The county received its name at the insistence of Nehemiah Ingersoll though historians are unsure how the name was selected. The two competing theories are that it was named to honor the French Royal House of Orleans or that it was to honor Andrew Jackson's victory in New Orleans.
New Albion is a town in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. The population was 1,990 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Albion in Orleans County, the source of some early settlers. New Albion is in the northwest quadrant of the county, northwest of the city of Salamanca.
Gaines is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 3,378 at the 2010 census. The town is named after General Edmund P. Gaines, who defended the area during the War of 1812.
Kendall is a town in Orleans County, just west of the town of Hamlin in Monroe County, in New York State, United States. The population of Kendall was 2,724 at the 2010 census. The Town of Kendall is in the northeast corner of Orleans County and is northwest of Rochester.
Medina is a village in the Towns of Shelby and Ridgeway in Orleans County, New York, United States. It is located approximately 10 miles south of Lake Ontario. The population was 6,065 at the 2010 census, making it the county's most populous municipality. The village was named by its surveyor, Ebenezer Mix. It is part of the Rochester Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Medina zip code, 14103, encompasses the village of Medina and the surrounding towns of Ridgeway and Shelby. The United States Census Bureau estimates the 2017 population of this area to be 17,234.
Murray is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 6,259 at the 2000 census.
Albion is a village in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 5,637 as of the 2020 census, down 419 from the 2010 census. The village is centrally located in the county, and is partly within the towns of both Albion and Gaines. It is the county seat of Orleans County and is about 30 miles (48 km) west/northwest of Rochester. Albion is part of the Rochester metropolitan area.
Pittsford is a village in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 1,355 at the 2010 census. It is named after Pittsford, Vermont, the native town of a founding father.
Lockport is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 20,529 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from the series of canal locks on the Erie Canal. The locks lift boats from the lowland of Lake Ontario past the Niagara Escarpment.
New York State Route 98 (NY 98) is a state highway in the western part of New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an intersection with U.S. Route 219 (US 219) in the town of Great Valley in Cattaraugus County. The northern end is at an interchange with the Lake Ontario State Parkway in the town of Carlton in Orleans County, near the southern shore of Lake Ontario. In between, NY 98 serves the city of Batavia, connects to the New York State Thruway, and passes by the Attica Correctional Facility. Most of the route passes through rural, undeveloped areas; however, in southern Genesee County, it traverses more urbanized areas that lie in and around Batavia.
New York State Route 270 (NY 270) is a north–south state highway in western New York in the United States. It runs through rural and wooded areas of the town of Amherst in Erie County and the town of Pendleton in Niagara County. The southern terminus of the route is at an intersection with NY 263 south of the hamlet of Getzville. Its northern terminus is at a junction with NY 31 and NY 93 west of the city of Lockport. The entirety of NY 270 is known as Campbell Boulevard, named after New York State Senator William W. Campbell of the Niagara–Orleans district.
New York State Route 237 (NY 237) is a north–south state highway located in the western part of New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an intersection with NY 5 in Stafford. Its northern terminus is at an interchange with the Lake Ontario State Parkway immediately south of Lake Ontario in Kendall. NY 237 passes through mostly rural areas of Genesee and Orleans counties; however, it also passes through several small communities, including the village of Holley.
Fancher is a hamlet in the town of Murray in Orleans County, New York, United States. The ZIP Code for Fancher is 14452. It is named after Edward Fernando Fancher, a native of Durham in Greene County, New York. Fancher was a minister and farmer who first settled in Carlton and then in Gaines before relocating to Murray. In 1887 he partnered with Charles F. Gwynne in the quarrying of Medina Sandstone. The following year he opened his own quarry on land purchased near Hulberton. After the establishment of a post office, the small settlement was named in Fancher's honor due to the massive quantity of sandstone shipped from the location by way of the Erie Canal and New York Central Railroad. Fancher served as the general manager of the Orleans County Quarry Company and was one of the more prominent quarry owners in Orleans County.
Jacob Hinds was an American politician from New York.
The North Main–Bank Streets Historic District is located along those streets in Albion, New York, United States. It is one of two historic districts in the village, comprising the commercial core of the village, developed during its years as a major stop on the Erie Canal. A portion of the canal, now the New York State Barge Canal, and two of its bridges are within the district.
Hulberton is a hamlet in the town of Murray in Orleans County, New York, United States. It is named after Isaac Henry Scott Hulbert, a native of Pittsfield in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Arriving first at Sandy Creek in 1824, Hulbert soon relocated the following year to the nearby hamlet of Scio. The location prospered along the Erie Canal where Hulbert engaged in the produce business. On March 6, 1830 he was selected at chairman of the building committee for the Methodist Episcopal Church and was a long-time Justice of the Peace.
Brockville is a hamlet in the town of Murray in Orleans County, New York, United States. It is named after Heil Brockway, a native of Clinton in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The small settlement is located approximately 0.75 miles east of Hindsburg and was largely settled due to the opening of Medina Sandstone quarries in that vicinity.
Sawyer is a hamlet in the town of Carlton, Orleans County, New York, United States. It is named after John G. Sawyer, a congressman from New York. The settlement was previously named "Curtis's Corners" after John Curtis, a native of New Hampshire, who settled on lot 1, section 5 at Carlton in Orleans County. In 1894 the hamlet contained a store, post office, and blacksmith shop.
Eagle Harbor is a hamlet in the town of Gaines, in Orleans County, New York, United States. It was said to have been named due to the discovery of a large bird's nest, presumably an eagle's nest, when the Erie Canal was surveyed. A clearing was made by Steven Abbott circa 1811-12, but the location did not experience significant growth until the construction of the Canal. In 1894, the village contained three general stores, a hotel, and livery stable, a barrel factory, two blacksmiths, a wagon shop, a church and washing machine factory, meat market, grist mill, warehouse, two churches, two schools, and approximately 350 inhabitants.
East Gaines is a hamlet in the town of Gaines in Orleans County, New York, United States. In 1826, Peter Runion constructed the East Gaines Hotel, later known as the Perry House, which became an important location for settlers traveling by way of Ridge Road. The hamlet contained a post office, store, blacksmith shop, a Baptist church, and twelve to fifteen houses in 1894.
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- ↑ "Hindsburg, New York". U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- 1 2 3 Thomas, Arad (1874). Pioneer History of Orleans County, New York. Albion, NY: Orleans American Steam Press Print. pp. 296–297.
- 1 2 3 Signor, Isaac S. (1894). Landmarks of Orleans County, New York. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Company. p. 407.
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