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.
Caleb Hopkins made the move from his native Pittsford, Vermont, in Rutland County, to the current Monroe County, New York, in 1791. He then built the initial log house in what is now Penfield.