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Village of Brockport NY - Village of Brockport History |
 | | A note in the Rochester Telegraph of Nov. 19, 1822 stated " A village, called Brockport, is now erecting on the place where the Grand Canal intersects the main road leading from Clarkson to Leroy." It grew rapidly after the canal reached it and industries developed to use the new waterway. |
 | | In 1823 Thomas Roby wrote that the village had "a number of houses and four stores, mostly of brick." The locally produced brick has given rise to the tradition that Brockport was called "The Red Village" by the local Indians. |
 | | The charter decreed that at the first village meeting, in May, the voters are to elect five trustees, three assessors, a clerk, a treasurer, a tax-collector, a pound-keeper, an overseer of highways, and two constables. |
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