In 1791, Caleb Hopkins moved from his hometown, Pittsford, Vermont, in Rutland County, to what is now Monroe County, New York, and built the first log dwelling in the present town of Penfield.
In 1791, Caleb Hopkins left his hometown of Pittsford, Vermont, in Rutland County and established a new residence in what is now Monroe County, New York. This marked the beginning of the construction of the first log dwelling in the present town of Penfield.