Editing Chili, New York (section)

==History==
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The Chili area was once the hunting ground of the [[Seneca people]]. The first white settler was Captain [[Joseph Morgan (settler)|Joseph Morgan]], who purchased land from [[Peter Sheffer]] of neighboring [[Wheatland, New York|Wheatland]].

The area of Chili became part of the newly formed town of Northampton. With the formation of [[Monroe County, New York|Monroe County]] the area became part of the town of [[Riga, New York|Riga]] before splitting off into its own Town of Chili on February 22, 1822.

Chili's etymology is disputed. Two popular theories are that it was named after the country of [[Chile]], which was [[Chilean War of Independence|striving for independence at the time]], or after the [[Millennialism|Chiliast]] faith embraced by some of the early settlers of South Chili.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.townofchili.org/discover-chili-2/chilis-history/ |title=Town of Chili: Chili's History |access-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325115247/http://www.townofchili.org/discover-chili-2/chilis-history/ |archive-date=March 25, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.libraryweb.org/chili/early.htm |title=Historical Digest of Early Chili |access-date=July 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509162754/http://www.libraryweb.org/chili/early.htm |archive-date=May 9, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Chili Mills Conservation Area]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1975.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a|refnum=75001198}}</ref>