Editing Ilion, New York (section)

==History==
[[File:Library Bureau, Ilion, NY, Office and Factory 1911.jpg|thumb|Library Bureau, Ilion, NY, Office and Factory 1911]]
Ilion is a name for the ancient city of [[Troy]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n154 165]}}</ref>
The area where Ilion is located was first settled by [[German Palatines|Palatine Germans]] under the Burnetsfield Patent around 1725. Settlers first took plots along Steele Creek, which flows into the [[Mohawk River]]. Gradually they built many mills along the creek. After the [[American Revolution]], a small community was set up in the area named "New London". This area of the village still has buildings which use the name "London".

The community began to flourish starting around 1816 when [[Eliphalet Remington]] created his first rifle.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 2, 2023 |title=Remington gun factory in operation for nearly 200 years is set to close |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2023/12/02/gun-factory-remington-new-york/9c1abbc2-912b-11ee-95e1-edd75d825df0_story.html |access-date=December 4, 2023 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> He developed the [[Remington Arms]] manufacturing company.<ref name="p227">{{cite web |last=Hill|first=Michael| title=Town built on guns ponders future after Remington plant sale | website=AP News | date=2020-11-01 | url=https://apnews.com/article/new-york-shootings-a12d064a3c2e8fc95ef581aef167a95c | access-date=2025-01-05}}</ref> The community was stimulated in growth by the completion in 1825 of the [[Erie Canal]], which completed area trade and connection with products from the Great Lakes region.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKinley |first=Jesse |last2=Barron |first2=Jesse |date=February 18, 2024 |title=What Happens to a Gun Town When the Gun Factory Moves Out? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/18/nyregion/remington-guns-ny-georgia.html |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

In 1843 a post office was desired, so the people had to choose a name. Remington refused to be the namesake of the village,<ref>{{cite book|last=Alden|first=Hatch|title=Remington Arms in American History|year=1956|publisher=Reinhardt & Company Inc.|location=New York Toronto|pages=67|asin= B0006C589A}}</ref> and it was eventually named Ilion.

The village of Ilion was incorporated in 1852. Ilion is one of only twelve villages in New York still incorporated under a [[Municipal charter|charter]], the others having incorporated or re-incorporated under the provisions of Village Law.<ref name="villagehist">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.dos.state.ny.us/lgss/pdfs/Handbook.pdf#page=72
 |title       = Local Government Handbook - Village Government: Historical Development
 |format      = PDF
 |page        = 72
 |year        = 2008
 |edition     = 5th
 |publisher   = New York State Department of State
 |access-date  = June 26, 2009
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100215150221/http://www.dos.state.ny.us/lgss/pdfs/handbook.pdf#page=72
 |archive-date = February 15, 2010
}}</ref>

In December 2023 RemArms LLC announced that the Remington Arms factory located in the village will be permanently closed in March 2024, eliminating 300 jobs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levulis |first=Jim |date=December 1, 2023 |title=Remington to close Ilion facility in March |url=https://www.wamc.org/news/2023-12-01/remington-to-close-ilion-facility-in-march |access-date=December 4, 2023 |website=WAMC |language=en}}</ref> The property was sold to a developer in December 2024.<ref name="m177">{{cite web | last=Manore | first=Alexis | title=Developer purchases Remington Arms facility in Ilion | website=Rome Sentinel | date=2024-12-27 | url=https://www.romesentinel.com/news/developer-purchases-remington-arms-facility-in-ilion/article_87855892-bee9-11ef-9c4d-2fce64be9e72.html | access-date=2025-01-05}}</ref>