Honeoye Falls | |
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 A small waterfall on Honeoye Creek, which gave the town its name | |
 Location in Monroe County and the state of New York. | |
.svg) Location of New York in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 42°57′23″N 77°35′14″W / 42.95639°N 77.58722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Monroe |
| Township | Mendon |
| Incorporated | 1791 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Richard B. Milne (2007) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.60 sq mi (6.72 km2) |
| • Land | 2.54 sq mi (6.59 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2) |
| Elevation | 668 ft (204 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 2,706 |
| • Density | 1,064.10/sq mi (410.83/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 14472 |
| Area code | 585 |
| FIPS code | 36-35364 |
| Website | http://www.villageofhoneoyefalls.org/ |
Honeoye Falls (/ˈhʌniɔɪ/ HUN-ee-oy)[2] is a village within the town of Mendon in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 2,706 at the 2020 census. The village includes a small waterfall on Honeoye Creek, which flows through the village and gives it its name. The name Honeoye comes from the Seneca word ha-ne-a-yah, which means lying finger, or where the finger lies. The name comes from the local story of a Native American whose finger was bitten by a rattlesnake and who therefore cut off his finger with a tomahawk.[3][4]
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ Honeoye Lake Area Chamber of Commerce honeoyelakechamber.org, accessed March 16, 2012.
- ^ Beauchamp, William Martin (1907). Aboriginal Place Names of New York (New York State Museum Bulletin, Volume 108). New York State Education Department. pp. 157–158. ISBN 9781404751552. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
- ^ "Early History of the Town of Richmond". Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2015.