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Gorham Village. Hamlet in town of Gorham, first known as 
Bethel, site of the first church building (Methodist) in the town 
Gypsum. Hamlet in town of Manchester, first known as the 
Dutch Settlement, later as Plainsville, then named Gypsum on ac- 
count of the plaster beds in the vicinity 
Gulick. Location of a former post office in town of South Bris- 
tol. Named after Elisha Gulick 
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Hall’s Corners. Hamlet in southern part of Seneca town, named 
after a pioneer settler, Edward Hall 
Hatch hill. [Eminence east of Naples Village. Called also East 
hill. Named for Francis Hatch, first settler to buy a farm on its 
summit 
Hemlock lake ov O-neh-da. Named from hemlock trees about 
its shores 
Hilltown. Locality in District 10, town of South Bristol, where 
Erastus Hill, about the year 1818, settled and built a saw mill. Later 
location of post office called Gulick 
Honeoye. Hamlet named from Honeoye lake, at whose foot it 
is located 
Honeoye Falls. Hamlet in town of West Bloomfield, located on 
Honeoye lake outlet 
Honeoye lake. Indian name, Ha-nyah-yeh, meaning “ finger 
lying” 
Holcomb. Hamlet in town of East Bloomfield. Named after 
Hiram Holcomb, a prominent business man. Incorporated in 1916 
Hopewell. Township, set off from town of Gorham in 1822. 
Named to express sentiments of those who secured its formation 
as a separate civil division 
Hopewell Center. Hamlet in town of Hopewell 
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Ionia. Hamlet in town of West Bloomfield. Classical name. 
Former name of Miller’s Corners dropped in 1898, to avoid confu- 
sion resulting from post offices of similar names in other parts of 
the State 
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Kanadesaga. Chief “castle” of the Seneca Indians, located on 
land now occupied by State Experiment Station in west part of 
city of Geneva. Destroyed by Sullivan in 1779. Indian name mean- 
ing “ new settlement village ” 
