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Henrietta, New York
Henrietta is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States, and a suburb of the city of Rochester. The population of Henrietta was 47,096 as of the 2020 census, up from 42,581 in 2010. Henrietta is home to the Rochester Institute of Technology, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and one of the largest retail shopping districts in Monroe County.
The first residents of present-day were Native Americans. Although no evidence of Native American villages has been found in Henrietta, numerous artifacts and skeletons have been unearthed by farmers and archeologists over the past 200 years. With the end of the American Revolution, several Iroquois tribes that had sided with the British were forced to leave Upstate New York. As a result, land became available for European settlers in the Finger Lakes and Genesee Valley regions.
The town of Henrietta was named after Henrietta Laura Pulteney, Countess of Bath in Great Britain. Her father Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet, a major British investor from the Pulteney Association, owned the land that became the town. Henrietta Pulteney never visited the United states. Pulteney eventually sold his holdings, which then passed through the hands of several American investors.
The first European settlers in Henrietta were Major Ezekiel Scott and his wife Catherine, who purchased 900 acres (360 ha) in 1790. Most of the original arriving settlers were English. Two villages, East and West Henrietta, arose in the area, both part of the town of Pittsford. In 1818, a dispute about the recording of deeds prompted residents of the two villages to secede from Pittsford and form the town of Henrietta.
With the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, Henrietta farmers gained access to the New York City market for their crops and the town prospered. In 1826, the Monroe Academy opened in Henrietta, becoming the first incorporated school in Monroe County.
After the end of World War II, the population of Henrietta rose from 3,000 to approximately 14,000 in ten years as suburban development grew around the city of Rochester. The opening of the New York State Thruway through Henrietta in 1954 made the town more desirable for commercial development. In 1968, the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) moved from Rochester to a new campus by the Genesee River in Henrietta. That same year, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) opened next to RIT.
In the 1980s, with the completion of Interstate 390 and the building of the Marketplace Mall, Henrietta was developed into one of the major retail shopping destinations in Monroe County.
Henrietta has the following listings on the National Register of Historic Places:
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Henrietta, New York
Henrietta is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States, and a suburb of the city of Rochester. The population of Henrietta was 47,096 as of the 2020 census, up from 42,581 in 2010. Henrietta is home to the Rochester Institute of Technology, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and one of the largest retail shopping districts in Monroe County.
The first residents of present-day were Native Americans. Although no evidence of Native American villages has been found in Henrietta, numerous artifacts and skeletons have been unearthed by farmers and archeologists over the past 200 years. With the end of the American Revolution, several Iroquois tribes that had sided with the British were forced to leave Upstate New York. As a result, land became available for European settlers in the Finger Lakes and Genesee Valley regions.
The town of Henrietta was named after Henrietta Laura Pulteney, Countess of Bath in Great Britain. Her father Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet, a major British investor from the Pulteney Association, owned the land that became the town. Henrietta Pulteney never visited the United states. Pulteney eventually sold his holdings, which then passed through the hands of several American investors.
The first European settlers in Henrietta were Major Ezekiel Scott and his wife Catherine, who purchased 900 acres (360 ha) in 1790. Most of the original arriving settlers were English. Two villages, East and West Henrietta, arose in the area, both part of the town of Pittsford. In 1818, a dispute about the recording of deeds prompted residents of the two villages to secede from Pittsford and form the town of Henrietta.
With the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, Henrietta farmers gained access to the New York City market for their crops and the town prospered. In 1826, the Monroe Academy opened in Henrietta, becoming the first incorporated school in Monroe County.
After the end of World War II, the population of Henrietta rose from 3,000 to approximately 14,000 in ten years as suburban development grew around the city of Rochester. The opening of the New York State Thruway through Henrietta in 1954 made the town more desirable for commercial development. In 1968, the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) moved from Rochester to a new campus by the Genesee River in Henrietta. That same year, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) opened next to RIT.
In the 1980s, with the completion of Interstate 390 and the building of the Marketplace Mall, Henrietta was developed into one of the major retail shopping destinations in Monroe County.
Henrietta has the following listings on the National Register of Historic Places:
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