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Fowlerville is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of York in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 227 at the 2010 census. The community is named for Wells Fowler, the first settler. It should not be confused with other New York hamlets named Fowlerville in Erie County and Sullivan County, or with the similarly named hamlet of Fowlersville in Lewis County
Its first post office opened in 1826. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 227 to 163 (-28%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Fowlerville, 1881–1905
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History of Livingston County, New York, from its earliest traditions to the present1905 · page 903Read the page →
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Fowlerville was named from Wells Fowler, who settled there in 1816. In 1819 he was appointed the first postmaster of the town. He was active and influential in causing the construction in 1820 of the first bridge over the (ienesee river on the road from Avon through Fowlerville to Buffalo. It was built by voluntary subscriptions and labor.
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The village of Fowlerville lies in the north-eastern part of the town. It contains two churches, two stores, post-office, one hotel, a harness, blacksmith and wagon shop, agricultural works, and a population of 375 of 400, including transient boarders, j Fowlerville was first permanently settled by Wells Fowler and William Taylor, in 1816, and William and Henry Janes, Ira Torrey, and Eliakim
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History of Livingston County, New York1881 · page 423Read the page →
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continuing for two years when it was dissolved by mutual consent. In 1839, Mr. Eraser found an opening for a general merchandise store in the village of Fowlerville, and in the spring of the same year opened with a stock of dry goods. He has occupied the same store continuously since that time, having been the leading merchant of that village, and is now, without doubt, the oldest
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History of Livingston County, New York, from its earliest traditions to the present1905 · page 927Read the page →
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Jr., J. M. Howell, Paul Goddard, James B. Harris, Hon. Moses Hayden, and Campbell Harris, where it empties into the parent stream midway between York I-anding and Pif?ard. At that point where it crosses the highway leading from Fowlerville to Geneseo,the first York post-office is said to have been established in a log house upon the bank, with Hon. Moses Hayden as post-master, who about the same time erected half a mile above, a saw mill, which was afterward owned and rebuilt by John Allen and others, going out of use about the year
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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 →
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