Editing Hilton, New York (section)

==History==
In 1805, Jonathon Underwood came from [[Vermont]] and was the first to settle in the area.<ref>{{cite book | last = Husted | first = Shirley Cox | title = Pioneer Days of Hilton, Parma, and Ogden | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-RO0GQAACAAJ | access-date = January 19, 2013 | year = 1959 | oclc = 6414110 | page = 51 | chapter = 15 | quote = Settlement first began around what is now Hilton in 1805, when Jonathan Underwood, a hale and husky Vermonter, staked a claim on the east crest of South Hill.}}</ref> Originally known as "Unionville",<ref>{{cite book | last = Husted | first = Shirley Cox | title = Pioneer Days of Hilton, Parma, and Ogden | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-RO0GQAACAAJ | access-date = January 19, 2013 | year = 1959 | oclc = 6414110 | page = 52 | chapter = 15 | quote = Town records first mention Hilton in the year 1809, when it was known as "Unionville." (The village has had as many names as a chameleon has colors.}}</ref> the village was incorporated in 1885 as "North Parma".<ref>{{cite book | last = Husted | first = Shirley Cox | title = Pioneer Days of Hilton, Parma, and Ogden | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-RO0GQAACAAJ | access-date = January 19, 2013 | year = 1959 | oclc = 6414110 | page = 56 | chapter = 16 | quote = At a special meeting June 29, 185, at 9 a.m., the Incorporated Village of North Parma was created, and on July 28, 1885, at the home of Mr. Elam A. Cross (now the Wm. Newcomb residence) the first village Board Meeting was held.}}</ref> In 1896, the name was changed to Hilton to honor Reverend [[Charles Augustus Hilton]], a former pastor of the village's Freewill Baptist Church.<ref>{{cite book | last = Husted | first = Shirley Cox | title = Pioneer Days of Hilton, Parma, and Ogden | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-RO0GQAACAAJ | access-date = January 19, 2013 | year = 1959 | oclc = 6414110 | page = 53 | chapter = 15 | quote = To eliminate this confusion, in 1896 the citizens decided, after a long discussion to call the village "Hilton." "Hilton" was chosen, Mr. Newcomb says, not especially to honor the former Baptist minister, the Rev. C.A. Hilton, but mainly because "it was a nice sounding name."}}</ref> Over 60% of the [[central business district]] was destroyed by fire in March 1965 and later rebuilt.<ref>[http://www.hiltonny.org/ Hilton fire of 1965]</ref>

The [[Chase Cobblestone Farmhouse]] and [[Curtis-Crumb Farm]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>