Editing Sweden, New York (section)

== History ==
The area that is now the town of Sweden was part of the [[Phelps and Gorham Purchase|Triangle Tract]]. Settlers began arriving before 1806. The town was created by a mandate of the [[New York State Legislature]] in 1813 to break up the west part of the county into three new towns named Bergen, Sweden, and Murray.

The town of Sweden was established in 1814 from the town of [[Murray, New York|Murray]] in part of [[Monroe County, New York|Monroe County]]. The first Sweden town meeting was held on April 5, 1814.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

[[Lake View Cemetery (Brockport, New York)|Lake View Cemetery]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2009.<ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20091030.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places|date=October 30, 2009|work=Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 10/19/09 through 10/23/09|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>