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Middlesex is a town in Yates County, New York, USA. The population was 1,495 at the 2010 census. The name comes from a location in England. The Town of Middlesex is on the northwest corner of the county and is south of Canandaigua, New York. == History == A legend of the Seneca tribe states that they originated in a village called Nundawao, near the south end of Canandaigua Lake, at South Hill. Right next to South Hill stands the 865-foot-high Bare Hill, known to the Senecas as Genundowa.〔http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/01/travel/01explorer.html?_r=0〕 Bare Hill is part of the Bare Hill Unique Area, which began to be acquired by the state in 1989.〔http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/37438.html〕 Bare Hill had been the site of a Seneca or pre-Seneca fort; first written reference to this fort was made in 1825 by David Cusick in his history of the Seneca Indians.〔http://www.crookedlakereview.com/articles/101_135/103spring1997/103robinson.html〕 In the early 1920s, the material that made up the Bare Hill fort was used by the Town of Middlesex highway department for road fill.〔 The first settlers arrived around 1789. The town was formed in 1796 while still part of Ontario County, New York. The town was known as "Augusta" until 1808, when the name was changed to "Middlesex" to avoid confusion with another location named Augusta. When Yates County was formed in 1823, Middlesex became part of the new county. The Town of Potter was formed from part of Middlesex in 1832, and more of Middlesex was added to Potter in 1856. The Bates Cobblestone Farmhouse, John Carr House, Asahel Green Farm, Middlesex Center Methodist Church, Overackers Corners Schoolhouse, and Vine Valley Methodist Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Middlesex, New York」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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