Churchville Village

Churchville Village Hall is located at 23 East Buffalo Street, Churchville NY 14428; phone: 585-293-3720.

Beginnings [1]

Samuel Church purchased 900 acres about 1806 and settled on the land. Along the Black Creek, he built a saw mill in 1808 and a grist mill in 1810. Church served as a Captain in the War of 1812. About 1815 a public house was opened; the same year a store was opened by Linus Pierson.

World famous suffrage movement participant, Francis Willard, was born in Churchville.

1. www.churchville.net, accessed August, 2010.