Alton, New York
Coordinates: 43°12′40″N 76°58′50″W / 43.21111°N 76.98056°W Alton is a hamlet in the Town of Sodus, Wayne County, New York, United States. It is located 6 miles (10 km) southeast of the Village of Sodus and 5 miles (8 km) south of the Village of Sodus Point, at an elevation of 377 feet (115 m). The primary intersection in the hamlet is at N.Y. Route 14 and Ridge Road (CR 143). N.Y. Route 104 passes just south of Alton.
A United States Post Office is located in Alton with a ZIP Code of 14413.
Shaker Heights is a small community located northeast of Alton just inside the Town of Huron near the intersection of Shaker Road, Red Mill Road and Shaker Tract Road along the southwestern shore of Sodus Bay. It was originally settled as farmland by the Shakers in 1826, a branch of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing. The Sodus Bay unit began with 72 members which eventually grew to over 150 members. Over the years, the village would consist of a few farm houses, barns, a grist mill, a meeting house and a dwelling house.
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