Place:Ridgeway, Orleans, New York, United States

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NameRidgeway
TypeTown
Coordinates43.267°N 78.383°W
Located inOrleans, New York, United States
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Ridgeway is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 6,886 at the 2000 census. The name of the town is derived from "Ridge Road," an important highway in the 19th century.

The Town of Ridgeway is on the western border of the county, which is bordered to the north by Lake Ontario.

History

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This area was settled after the American Revolutionary War largely by migrants from New England and eastern New York state, after the Seneca Nation, of the Haudenosaunee, or Six Nations ceded it in the Treaty of Big Tree, in 1797. The Seneca controlled this area at the time of the influx of White Americans but until the period of 1644-1647, it was the realm of The Wenro & Neuter People. The Town of Ridgeway was formed from Batavia in 1812, in the period of the War of 1812, when Britain and the United States fought over the border with Canada. In 1818, part of the town was used to create the new Town of Shelby.

Since 2002, Shelby and Ridgeway have been seeking ways to merge town functions to conserve funds. They have one town court to serve both towns.

The Servoss House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

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