Editing Ridgeway, New York (section)

== History ==
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This area was settled after the [[American Revolutionary War]] largely by migrants from New England and eastern New York state, after the Seneca Nation, of the Haudenosaunee, or Six Nations ceded it in the Treaty of Big Tree, in 1797.  The Seneca controlled this area at the time of the influx of White Americans but until the period of 1644-1647, it was the realm of The Wenro & Neuter People. Much of the area was purchased by Dutch speculators, known as the Holland Land Company, in 1792-1793.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grinnell |first=E.W. |title=Medina, Here's To Our Heritage |publisher=Medina Historical Society |pages=2}}</ref>

The Town of Ridgeway was formed from [[Batavia (town), New York|Batavia]] in 1812,<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Grinnell |first=E.W |title=Medina, Here's To Our Heritage |publisher=Medina Historical Society |pages=2}}</ref> in the period of the War of 1812, when Britain and the United States fought over the border with Canada. In 1818, part of the town was used to create the new [[Shelby, New York|Town of Shelby]].<ref name=":0" /> Orleans County was formed by the State Legislature in 1825.<ref name=":0" />

In 1823, Ebenezer Mix was hired to survey and lay out the future village of [[Medina, New York|Medina]], the northern portion of which lies within Ridgeway.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ginnell |first=E.W. |title=Medina, Here's To Our History |publisher=Medina Historical Society |pages=5}}</ref>

Shelby and Ridgeway have one town court to serve both towns. Additionally, both towns share an assessor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shared Services Notes – Town of Ridgeway |url=https://townridgeway.org/shared-services-notes-2/ |access-date=August 11, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>

The [[Servoss House]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2008.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref>