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Walworth is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States named after Reuben Walworth, a state official. The population was 9,449 at the 2010 census. The Town of Walworth is on the western border of the county and is east of Rochester, New York. It has a hamlet, also called Walworth. [edit] History
The town was first settled in 1799 when four brothers named Andrew, John, Samuel, and Daniel Millet left their homes in Connecticut, traveled west and became the first settlers in what is now the hamlet of Walworth. There they built crude log cabins, the first dwellings in Walworth. Stephen and Daniel Douglas, also from Connecticut, located in this area in 1800. Stephen Douglas built the first frame house on the southwest corner of the present four corners of the hamlet of Walworth. Soon after, they gave their name to this growing community and for a number of years it was known as Douglas Corners. The Town of Walworth was created on April 5, 1830, when it was separated from the Town of Ontario by an act of New York State Legislature dated April 20, 1829, the last town formed in Wayne County. (Laws of the State of New York, Chapter 196) Theron Yeomans of Walworth introduced Holstein cattle to the United States and was the first president of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. Susan Cleveland, sister of President Grover Cleveland, married into the Yeomans family. In 1934, a freeze killed many of the town's orchards, leading to a sharp decline in fruit growing. [edit] Research Tips
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