Alton, New York

Hamlet in the state of New York, United States

43°12′40″N 76°58′50″W / 43.21111°N 76.98056°W / 43.21111; -76.98056 Alton is a hamlet within the Town of Sodus, Wayne County, New York, United States. It is located six miles (10 km) southeast of the Village of Sodus and five 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.^[1]

Shaker Heights

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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.^[2] Over the years, the village would consist of a few farm houses, barns, a grist mill, a meeting house and a dwelling house.

In 1836, New York State proposed creating a canal off of Sodus Bay which would improve area transportation to locations throughout the western part of the region. Its route could possibly threaten the Shaker village by right of eminent domain. The land was sold later that year and all members eventually relocated their community to the town of Groveland in nearby Livingston County. The establishment remained there until 1892 when the Shaker community was dissolved.^[2]

Alasa Farms, formerly known as the Sodus Bay Shaker Tract and Sodus Bay Phalanx, was a dwelling house and farm built by the Shakers in 1833. It is located on Shaker Road, 2 miles (3 km) north-northeast of Alton. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[3]

References

^ United States Postal Service (Alton Post Office), Retrieved Jan. 19, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Historic Sodus Point - Shakers At Sodus Bay, John H. Martin, Saints, Sinners and Reformers: The Burned-Over District Re-Visited, Retrieved Dec. 23, 2015.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alton, New York

v t e Municipalities and communities of Wayne County, New York, United States
County seat: Lyons
Towns	Arcadia Butler Galen Huron Lyons Macedon Marion Ontario Palmyra Rose Savannah Sodus Walworth Williamson Wolcott	Map of New York highlighting Wayne County
Villages	Clyde Newark Palmyra Red Creek Sodus Sodus Point Wolcott
CDPs	Gananda Lyons Macedon Marion North Rose Ontario Pultneyville Savannah Walworth Williamson
Hamlets	Alloway Alton Butler Center East Palmyra East Williamson Fairville Huron Lincoln Lock Berlin Macedon Center Marbletown Marengo Mud Mills Ontario Center Rose Sodus Center South Butler Union Hill‡ Wallington Wayne Center West Walworth Westbury‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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