Editing Kendall, New York (section)

== History ==
The town was part of the Connecticut Tract, also called the 100,000 Acre Tract.

The first settlers arrived ''circa'' 1812. The [[Erie Canal]] opened in 1825, making a ready market for wheat and lumber. It also made the way easier for more settlement. The first [[Norway|Norwegian]] immigrant community in the United States was begun at the Kendall Settlement in 1825. They settled in a body along the lakeshore in the northeast part of town. [[Norwegian-American]] pioneer leader [[Cleng Peerson]] subsequently founded a settlement in the [[Fox Valley (Illinois)|Fox River Valley]] of [[Illinois]] during 1834, near the community of [[Norway, Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume27/vol27_12.htm |title=''The Kendall Settlement Survived''   (Richard L. Canuteson. Norwegian-American Historical Association. Volume 27: Page 243) |access-date=September 17, 2010 |archive-date=July 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727023218/http://www.naha.stolaf.edu/pubs/nas/volume27/vol27_12.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Town of Kendall was incorporated from the [[Murray, New York|Town of Murray]]. On April 7, 1837, about half of the Town of Murray became the new Town of Kendall. It was formerly called "North Murray" and was  settled slowly due to swampy terrain, being called the "Black North", due to the bogs and forests. The town was named after [[Amos Kendall]], the [[United States Postmaster General|U.S. Postmaster General]] under [[President of the United States|President]]s [[Andrew Jackson]] and [[Martin Van Buren]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.townofkendall.com/tohist.htm |title=''A Brief History of Kendall'' (M. Joette Knapp, Kendall Historian) |access-date=September 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522060958/http://www.townofkendall.com/TOhist.htm |archive-date=May 22, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><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/n172 173]}}</ref>