Editing Wheatland, New York (section)

== History ==
The first settlers arrived circa 1789. The town was established on February 23, 1821, as Inverness, from the town of [[Caledonia, New York|Caledonia]]. On April 3, 1821, the state legislature changed the Inverness' name to Wheatland, allegedly at the behest of [[John Garbutt]], a former Englishman<ref>On June 12, 1810, by action of the Court of Common Pleas of Genesee County, John Garbutt and two other local men became citizens of the United States.</ref> markedly devoid of Scottish tendencies.

In those days, the growing of wheat and the manufacture of flour were the county's primary economic activity, and the Wheatland area figured prominently in this trade. The US Census of 1850 notes that the counties of Monroe and Livingston led the entire United States in wheat production.

As the vast agricultural expanses of the [[Midwestern United States|American Midwest]] opened up, the local wheat industry went into decline, beginning in the decade prior to the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. This breakdown was exacerbated by severe adverse weather in the latter 1850s.

The [[Romanta T. Miller House]] and [[Oatka Cemetery]] were listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2014.<ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20140307.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=March 7, 2014|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/24/14 through 2/28/14 |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref><ref name="nps1">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20140221.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=February 21, 2014|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/07/14 through 4/11/14 |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>