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Littleville. Hamlet on Canandaigua lake outlet, short distance 
south of Chapin, named after an early miller and merchant, Norman 
@reitile 
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Manchester. Township set off from Farmington in 1821 and 
first called Burt, changed to Manchester in 1822 
Manchester Center. Hamlet in town of Manchester. First 
named Coonsville after a pioneer by the name of Coon 
Manchester Village. Named after Manchester, N. H., and Man- 
chester, England, in view of its prospective manufacturing import- 
ance on account of being on Canandaigua lake outlet. Incorporated 
in 1892 
Mertensia. Hamlet in town of Farmington. Named from the 
mertensia or bluebell, a wild flower that blooms profusely in the 
neighborhood 
Mill creek. In town of South Bristol, where an early mill was 
located 
Miller’s Corners. Hamlet in town of West Bloomfield, named 
after a pioneer settler, Samuel Miller. Name changed to Ionia, to 
avoid confusion with post offices of Mill’s Corners and Millers 
Mormon hill. Eminence in town of Manchester, 214 miles north 
of Manchester Village, from which Joseph Smith, founder of Mor- 
monism, claimed to have taken the golden plates from which he 
transcribed the Book of Mormon. 
Mud creek. Named by the Indians Ganargua. Has its origin 
in the South Bristol hills, runs northerly through the towns of Bris- 
tol, East Bloomfield and Farmington to its confluence with the 
Seneca river, a tributary of the Oswego river 
Muttonville. Hamlet in town of Bristol. So named in early 
days on account of its being a center for slaughtering sheep. Now 
known as Vincent 
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Naples. Township, named from the Italian city 
Naples. Village in town of same name. First known as Wat- 
kinstown, later as Middletown, and finally as Naples. Incorporated 
in 1894 
New Salem. Known also as “ Pumpkin Hook” in town of Farm- 
ington. Named by early settlers after Salem, Mass. 
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