Copied from the town's FB page where there is an image of an old property map and lots more:
Happy Birthday Penfield!
On March 30, 1810, the New York state legislature resolved to split the Town of Boyle (what is now Irondequoit, Webster, Brighton, Penfield, Henrietta, Pittsford, and Perinton) into two towns: Boyle and Penfield.
Since Brighton and Pittsford were not formed until 1814, Penfield can lay claim to being the oldest of the eastside towns in Monroe County.
The act didn’t take effect until March 1, 1811, so we can perhaps debate whether to celebrate on March 1 or March 30! The 1810 census listed 210 households in Penfield and already by then the area around Four Corners had stores, mills, taverns, a school, and churches, which supported the town’s early farming families.
The first town meeting was held a year later, on April 2, 1811, where money was appropriated to support the poor, construct an animal pound, and improve and expand the road system.
Penfield of 1810 stretched north all the way to the lake, but in 1840, the town was divided to create Webster.
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