Alton is a
hamlet within the
Town of Sodus,
Wayne County,
New York
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, United States. It is located six miles (10 km) southeast of the
Village of Sodus and five miles (8 km) south of the
Village of Sodus Point, at an elevation of 377 feet (115 m). The primary intersection in the hamlet is at
N.Y. Route 14 and
Ridge Road (CR 143).
N.Y. Route 104 passes just south of Alton.
A
United States Post Office is located in Alton with a
ZIP Code of 14413.
[United States Postal Service (Alton Post Office)](_blank)
Retrieved Jan. 19, 2015.
Shaker Heights
Shaker Heights is a small community located northeast of Alton just inside the
Town of Huron near the intersection of Shaker Road, Red Mill Road and Shaker Tract Road along the southwestern shore of
Sodus Bay. It was originally settled as farmland by the
Shakers
The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, more commonly known as the Shakers, are a Millenarianism, millenarian Restorationism, restorationist Christianity, Christian sect founded in England and then organized in the Unit ...
in 1826, a branch of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing. The Sodus Bay unit began with 72 members which eventually grew to over 150 members.
[Historic Sodus Point - Shakers At Sodus Bay, John H. Martin, ''Saints, Sinners and Reformers: The Burned-Over District Re-Visited''](_blank)
Retrieved Dec. 23, 2015. Over the years, the village would consist of a few farm houses, barns, a grist mill, a meeting house and a dwelling house.
In 1836, New York State proposed creating a canal off of Sodus Bay which would improve area transportation to locations throughout the western part of the region. Its route could possibly threaten the Shaker village by right of
eminent domain. The land was sold later that year and all members eventually relocated their community to the town of
Groveland in nearby
Livingston County. The establishment remained there until 1892 when the Shaker community was dissolved.
, formerly known as the Sodus Bay Shaker Tract and Sodus Bay Phalanx, was a dwelling house and farm built by the Shakers in 1833. It is located on Shaker Road, 2 miles (3 km) north-northeast of Alton. The property was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
References
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Populated places in Wayne County, New York
Hamlets in Wayne County, New York
Hamlets in New York (state)
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