TOWN OF LEROY
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NYS Historic
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Site
- Trigon Park, Main Street, Leroy, NY
- 42.977809, -77.986363
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Town of LeRoy
TOWN OF LEROY
Inscription
TOWN OF LEROYESTABLISHED ON JUNE 8, 1812
AS THE TOWN OF BELLONA
RENAMED LEROY IN 1813
FIRST TOWN MEETING ON
THIS SITE APRIL 6,1813
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2012
On June 8 1812, the New York State Legislature approved a new town in Genesee County, to be created from the Western portion of the Town of Caledonia. The town was called Bellona but was changed a year later to LeRoy.
