Editing Lapeer, New York (section)

== History ==
The town was within the [[Central New York Military Tract]].

The first outside settler arrived around 1799. His name was Primus Grant, a Black man from Guiana. He is buried on a bluff overlooking a stream known as "Big Brook". Unfortunately, little is known of him, his family, how he arrived in the area, or his history.<ref>Cortland County Sesquicentennial 1808-1958</ref>

Lapeer was formed from the town of [[Virgil, New York|Virgil]] in 1845.

Lapeer is a [[dry town]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sla.ny.gov/system/files/drytowns.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=July 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723081032/http://www.sla.ny.gov/system/files/drytowns.pdf |archivedate=July 23, 2012 }}</ref> meaning the consumption and possession of alcohol within the boundaries of the community is prohibited.

The [[Stage Coach Inn (Lapeer, New York)|Stage Coach Inn]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2009.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2010a}}</ref>