Walworth (hamlet), New York

For other uses, see Walworth (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 43°08′21″N 77°16′20″W / 43.13917°N 77.27222°W / 43.13917; -77.27222 Walworth is a hamlet in the Town of Walworth, Wayne County, New York, United States. It is located in the southeastern corner of the town, 6 miles (10 km) north-northeast of the Village of Macedon, at an elevation of 541 feet (165 m). The primary cross roads where the hamlet is located are Penfield-Walworth Road (CR 205), Walworth-Marion Road (CR 207), Walworth-Ontario Road and Walworth Road (CR 208). N.Y. Route 350 passes just west of Walworth. Government offices for the Town of Walworth are located in the hamlet.

A United States Post Office is located in Walworth with a ZIP Code of 14568.^[1]

History

The hamlet was originally known as Douglass Corners from 1801 to 1825, named after brothers Stephen and Daniel Douglass who settled in the area.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ United States Postal Service (Walworth Post Office), Retrieved Jan. 19, 2015.
↑ Wayne County, New York GenWeb (Walworth Profile), Retrieved Jan. 19, 2015
↑ Ray's Place (Landmarks of Wayne County, edited by George C. Cowles, 1895, D. Mason & Co. Publishers, Chapter XXVI: History of the Town of Walworth), Retrieved Jan. 19, 2015.

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Walworth (hamlet), New York

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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

Villages	Clyde Macedon Newark Palmyra Red Creek Sodus Sodus Point Wolcott

CDPs	Marion North Rose Ontario Pultneyville Savannah Williamson

Hamlets	Alloway Alton Angells Corners Bear Creek Bonnie Castle Butler Center Desbrough Park East Bay Park East Palmyra East Williamson Evans Corner Fairville Fairville Station Fergusons Corners Fort Hill Furnace Village Furnaceville Gananda Glenmark Huddle Huron Hydesville Joy Lake Bluff Lakeside Lincoln Lock Berlin Lockpit Lummisville Lyons Macedon Center Marbletown Marengo Minsteed Mud Mills Noble Corner North Huron North Macedon North Wolcott Ontario Center Ontario-on-the-Lake Owls Nest Pilgrimport Resort Rice Mill Rose Shephards Corner Sodus Center South Butler South Sodus Sunset View Thorntons Corner Union Hill‡ Wallington Walworth Wayne Center Wayneport West Butler West Walworth Westbury‡ Yellow Mills York Zurich

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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