A history of Sodus,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Sodus from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Town of Sodus was formed in 1789 from the older "District of Sodus" while still part of Ontario County. The town's Adam territory was substantially reduced by the formation of newer towns in the county: Williamson (1802) and Lyons (1811).
The town contains a village also named Sodus and another named Sodus Point. Sodus Point was settled around 1794 because of a road constructed from Palmyra, but the first settlers did not arrive at the Village of Sodus until about 1809.
In 1813, the British attacked and burned the village of Sodus Point.
Members of the Shakers settled in the early town, but moved away, when they believed Sodus was becoming too worldly.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Sodus’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThird Methodist Episcopal Church,…, 1906: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Sodus
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Sodus, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Sodus is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Sodus has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Third Methodist Episcopal Church of Sodus in Sodus, 0.2 miles away.
Sodus and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Sodus (Village); Sodus (Village) Business Notices (1874) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.