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Brighton is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 37,137 at the 2020 census. [3]

Apr 25, 2019 · Brighton’s original boundaries in 1814 were Lake Ontario on the north and the Genesee River on the west. The eastern and southern boundaries are similar to those of today. Annexations by the city, from 1823 to 1954, reduced Brighton to 6500 acres. It is the third smallest town in Monroe County after Gates and Irondequoit, also severely annexed.

BRIGHTONORGANIZATION AND FIRST OFFICERS The town of Brighton was organized March 25, 1814, by a division of the town of Smallwood in two parts, Brighton and Pittsford. Part of Rochester was taken off in 1834, and Irondequoit in 1835.

The modern Brighton, one of America's most beautiful suburban residential communities, has blossomed in the past 50 years from a small, semi-rural town with scattered farms and a few large suburban homes, into a diversified, complex community with 30,000 residents. The history of this community stretches back more than 300 years, and in

It is situated in the County of Monroe, abutting Lake Ontario in upstate New York. It was shaped by the Wisconsin Glacier until 8,000 BC and is now divided by the Genesee River. Brighton, a suburb of Rochester, was a Seneca Indian hunting ground before becoming an Erie Canal Village in …

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To search this digital book (Sesquicentennial History of the Town of Brighton, Monroe County, New York, 1814-1964), scroll to the bottom right of the book and click on the magnifying glass image. You can also go to the next page, go to a specific page, and increase to full screen size at the bottom of the book.

Oct 6, 2019 · Sesquicentennial History of the Town of Brighton, Monroe County, New York, 1814-1964. A short history of the Town of Brighton, NY and also historic homes that were on a house tour. Planned and edited by Helen Reynold Williams : …

On March 25, 1814, the old town of Smallwood was divided, and out of its territory two other towns were erected, and named respectively, Brighton and Pittsford. The former, as originally constituted, contained about sixty-six square miles of land, or its equivalant in acres, 42,240.