Naples, New York Naples is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA.
The Town of Naples contains a village, also called Naples.
The town is in the southwest corner of Ontario County.
The annual Naples Grape Festival is held in September, and the region is known for its wineries and grape pie. 4 Communities and locations in the Town of Naples The town was established in 1789 along with Ontario County, and settlement began the following year.
The town, known at one time as "Watkinstown" (after Captain's Nathan and William Watkins, Revolutionary War veterans and early settlers) and "Middletown," was finally given the name "Naples" in 1808.
Part of the new town was used to form the Town of Italy in 1815, and another part was used to form part of the Town of Springwater in 1816.
Grapes, first planted in the 1860s, led to the undivided grape and wine trade of the town and also led to the annual grape festival which began in 1961, one of which was broadcast on the World Food Network.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 39.5 square miles (102.3 km ), all of it land.
The west town line is the border of Livingston County, and the south town line is the border of Steuben County.
The east town line is the border of Yates County.
New York State Route 21 and New York State Route 245 intersect at Naples village.
New York State Route 53 is a north-south highway in the south part of Naples.
The town is southwest of Canandaigua Lake, one of the Finger Lakes.
Naples Creek flows past Naples village to the lake.
The town of Naples holds quite a distinct ion.
Since the town is positioned just inside a 75-mile (121 km) radius of Syracuse, New York, if the Buffalo Bills do not sell out an NFL game and it gets blacked out, the game is not shown in Naples because the town is inside 75 miles (121 km) of both Orchard Park and Syracuse, which is the secondary market for the Bills.
In the town, the populace was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $36,813, and the median income for a family was $42,566.
Garlinghouse A hamlet in the west part of the town.
Hunt Hollow A hamlet in the northwest corner of the town on County Road 36.
Naples The Village of Naples, on NY-21.
Semans Corners A hamlet in the northeast corner of the town, west of Woodville.
Woodville A hamlet at the northeast corner of the town at the foot of Canandaigua lake on NY-21.
"Consider the grape pie, whose unique flavor inspires thousands to take the spectacular drive to Naples each autumn for a bite and more.
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