Editing Champion, New York (section)

== History ==
Settlement began around 1798. Henry Champion purchased the lands and sent his surveyor Noadiah Hubbard to the land. Hubbard settled in the area where his homestead still exists today.

The town was the birthplace of [[George E. Spencer]] (1836-1893), a [[Union Army|Union]] general in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] who later served two terms as a U.S. senator from [[Alabama]].

Champion was established in 1800 from part of the town of [[Mexico, New York|Mexico]] (now in [[Oswego County, New York|Oswego County]]) before the county was created. The town was named after Henry Champion, who in return commissioned a bell for the town church. In 1803, part of the town was used to establish part of the town of [[Harrisburg, New York|Harrisburg]] (now in [[Lewis County, New York|Lewis County]]). Early settlers hoped the town would become the locale for the [[county seat]], but were disappointed.

The community of [[West Carthage, New York|West Carthage]] incorporated as a village in 1889.

The [[Hiram Hubbard House]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2012.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>