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Wheatland was laid out in 1858. It was named from the production of wheat in the vicinity.
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Wheatland’s post office opened in 1858, and 41% of its homes were built before 1940
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How Wheatland began, and where its name came from
When was Wheatland founded?
1858
The Wheatland post office opened in 1858, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 390168 years
How did Wheatland get its name?
Wheatland was named from the production of wheat in the vicinity.
Founding year: the first Wheatland post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.The full story ↓
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What they wrote about Wheatland in 1908
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Wheatland, Monroe County, New York1908Read the page →
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The first school house erected and the first school ever taught in that portion of the state lying west of the Genesee River was in the town of Wheatland. This house was located on the creek road north of Mumford, about one hundred rods west of the bridge that spans the Oatka at the village of Mumford. It was constructed of logs by the Scotch settlers of that locality in the year 1 803. The first teacher of this school was Alexander Me Donald, who had previously
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Some idea of the density of population in different localities maybe inferred from the statement that in the war of 1814 what now constitutes the town of Wheatland was, upon twenty-four hours notice able to send seventy-five men to Niagara for the defense of Fort Erie, while the town of Gates, which included that portion of Rochester lying west of the River, could muster only one-half of that number to defend the mouth of the Genesee from the threatened attack of the British fleet commanded by
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Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.