Editing Clifton Park, New York (section)

==History==
The Indigenous [[Mohawk people|Mohawk]]s and [[Mohicans]] referred to the area as ''Canastigione'', meaning corn flats.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cphlibrarylocalhistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/a-brief-history-of-our-towns/a-brief-history-of-our-towns |title=A Brief History Of Our Two Towns |website=Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cliftonpark.com/about/history/ |title=History Of Clifton Park |website=CliftonPark.com}}</ref> The first settlements in what is now Clifton Park were established in the 17th century.<ref name="book" /> The town or area was named in 1707 by Nanning Harmansen.<ref name=":0" /> At that time, Nanning Harmansen sent letters to [[Lord Cornbury]] requesting letters of Patent for Land he bought from the Indigenous Americans.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 17, 2020 |url=https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2020/04/how-clifton-park-got-its-name/ |title=How Clifton Park Got {{as written|I|t's [sic]}} Name |website=New York Almanack}}</ref><ref name=":0">"Bits and Pieces of Saratoga County History" by Richard Dorrough published in the ''Ballston Journal''.{{full citation needed|date=January 2021}}</ref> He also stated in this correspondence that he wanted the patent to be known by "Your name of Cliftons Park", and the patent was named the Clifton Park Patent. The [[Iroquois language|Iroqouis]] name for the Clifton Park Patent was '''Shenendehowa'''<ref name="Scherer1996">{{cite book|author=John L. Scherer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jSxZTDL8blIC&pg=PT166|title=Clifton Park|date=November 1, 1996|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4396-1982-7|pages=166–}}</ref> (meaning "Great Plains")<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of Logos|url=https://www.shenet.org/about-us/historical-information-2/history-of-logos/|access-date=January 6, 2021|website=Shenendehowa Central Schools|language=en-US}}</ref> which is where [[Shenendehowa Central School District|the school district]] gets its name.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Historical Information|url=https://www.shenet.org/about-us/historical-information-2/|access-date=January 6, 2021|website=Shenendehowa Central Schools|language=en-US}}</ref>

The area along the [[Mohawk River]] was popular for ferries across the waterbed, with Eldert Vischer opening the crossing known as [[Vischer Ferry, New York|Vischer Ferry]] in 1783. To the northwest, Edward Rexford established [[Rexford, New York|Rexford Flats]], a small community on the riverbank at the northern end of what became [[New York State Route 146B|NY 146B]].<ref name="book" />

In 1828, the town of Clifton Park was created as "Clifton" from the town of [[Halfmoon, New York|Halfmoon]], but was renamed Clifton Park a year later.<ref name="book">{{cite book|year=1899|title=A Descriptive and Biographical Record of Saratoga County, New York|author=The Saratogian|publisher=The Boston History Publishers Company}}</ref> It was the last town created in [[Saratoga County, New York|Saratoga County]]. The town originally consisted of farmland with a small village of homes, churches and businesses on what is now [[U.S. Route 9 in New York|U.S. Route 9]], but saw a large demographic change when [[Interstate 87 (New York)|Interstate 87]] was built through the town in 1961.<ref name="1961map">{{cite map |title = New York and Metropolitan New York |author1 = Sunoco |author-link = Sunoco |author2 = H.M. Gousha Company |author2-link = H.M. Gousha Company |year = 1961 |edition = 1961–62 |publisher = Sunoco }}{{full citation needed|date=August 2015}}</ref>

The [[Grooms Tavern Complex]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2000.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> The [[Mohawk Valley Grange Hall]] was added in 2012.