Walworth, New York
| Walworth, New York | |
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 Location in Wayne County and the state of New York. |
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 Walworth, New York
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| Coordinates: 43°9′34″N 77°19′15″W / 43.15944°N 77.32083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Wayne |
| Settled | 1799 |
| Established | April 20, 1829 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Board |
| • Supervisor | Patricia Marini |
| • Clerk | Susie C. Jacobs |
| • Court | Justice Daniel P. Majchrzak, Jr. Justice Charles Young |
| Area | |
| • Total | 33.9 sq mi (87.7 km2) |
| • Land | 33.8 sq mi (87.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 571 ft (174 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 9,449 |
| • Density | 278.7/sq mi (107.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 14568 |
| Area code(s) | 315 585 |
| FIPS code | 36-78102 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979594 |
| Website | http://www.townofwalworthny.gov/ |
Walworth is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 9,449 at the 2010 census. The name comes from Reuben Walworth, a state official.
The Town of Walworth is on the west border of the county and is east of Rochester, New York. It has a hamlet, also called Walworth. Government offices for the town are located there.
The town was first settled in 1799 when four brothers named Andrew, John, Samuel, and Daniel Millet left their homes in Connecticut, traveled west and became the first settlers in what is now the hamlet of Walworth. There they built crude log cabins, the first dwellings in Walworth.
Stephen and Daniel Douglas, also from Connecticut, located in this area in 1800. Stephen Douglas built the first frame house on the southwest corner of the present four corners of the hamlet of Walworth. Soon after, they gave their name to this growing community and for a number of years it was known as Douglas Corners.
The Town of Walworth was created in 1829 from the Town of Ontario, the last town formed in Wayne County.
Theron Yeomans of Walworth introduced Holstein cattle to the United States and was the first president of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. Susan Cleveland, sister of President Grover Cleveland married into the Yeomans family.
In 1934, a freeze killed many of the town's orchards, leading to a sharp decline in fruit growing.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 33.9 square miles (88 km2), of which, 33.8 square miles (88 km2) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of it (0.12%) is water.
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