Place:Greece, Monroe, New York, United States

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NameGreece
TypeTown
Coordinates43.2°N 77.683°W
Located inMonroe, New York, United States
Contained Places
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Falls Cemetery
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Greece is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. A suburb of Rochester, New York, it is the largest town by population in Monroe County, and the second-largest municipality by population in the county, behind only the City of Rochester. As of April, 2020, the town has a population of 96,926. The town motto is "Discover the Promise."

The Town of Greece is in the northern part of the county and borders the City of Rochester on the east, the Town of Gates on the south, the towns of Parma and Ogden on the west, and Lake Ontario on the north. The town is a contiguous suburb of Rochester. The area known as Charlotte, on the eastern border, was formerly part of the town until it was annexed by the City of Rochester in 1916.

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History

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The Town of Greece was established in 1822 from part of the Town of Gates and was previously called Northampton. The name "Greece" was selected because of the contemporary struggle of Greece for independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Prior to European settlement, the area the town occupies was inhabited by the Algonquian and Iroquois.The first European to visit the area was the French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, who visited in 1669. European settlers began to arrive in the area in the late 1790s, and French and British soldiers passed through on multiple occasions during this time period as the two colonial powers struggled to control the region.

According to the Morgan Quitno Awards, Greece was rated the ninth-overall-safest city in America and the sixth-safest city with a population of 75,000 to 99,999.

The William Payne House, Greece Memorial Hall, William Covert Cobblestone Farmhouse, and Our Mother of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church Complex are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Town supervisors
Name Term Name Term Name Term
John Williams 1822
1830 		Peter Larkin 1861–1862
1872
1876 		Frank Vance 1902–Feb 14, 1903
Frederick Bushnell 1823–1825 Harry A. Olmsted 1863 Willis N. Britton Feb 25, 1903
Silas Walker 1826–1829 Nelson Lewis 1864–1869 Frank Truesdale 1904–1909
Elijah Hughitt 1831 Simon Butts 1870–1871 Frank Dobson 1910–1915
Giles H. Holden 1832–1833 David Todd 1874–1875 Herbert J. Paine 1916–1921
Asa Rowe 1834–1835
1842 		Alanson P. Britton 1877–1878
1884–1885
1887
1893
April 29, 1901–December 31, 1901 		Frank J. Mitchell 1922–1927
Samuel Bradley 1836–1838 John Lowden 1879–1880 William F. Schmitt 1928–1933
Lyman Langworthy 1839–1841
1850 		John Kintz 1881 Gordon A. Howe 1934–1960
Abdial Carpenter 1843
1848 		Erastus Benedict 1882–1883 Vincent L. Tofany 1960–1964
George C. Salter 1844 Lucien A. Rowe 1886 George W. Badgerow 1965–1969
George C. Latta 1845
1849 		John M. Lowdon 1888–1889 Fred J. Eckert 1970–1972
James S. Stone 1846–1847
1853 		Thomas Eddy 1890 Donald J. Riley 1973–1989
Levi H. Parrish 1851–1852 Joseph R. Beaty 1891–1892 Roger W. Boily 1989–1997
Elias Avery 1854–1855 James B. Castle 1894–1897 John T. Auberger 1998–2013
Erastus Walker 1856–1857
1873 		Edward Frisbee 1898–February 27, 1901 William D. Reilich 2013–present
Joshua Eaton 1858 William T. Whelehan March 1, 1901 – March 27, 1901
Alamander Wilder 1859 Charles H. Banker March 27, 1901 – April 24, 1901
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  • Outstanding guide to Greece family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, town histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
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