Perinton, New York

Perinton, New York
Town
Perinton Town Hall
Location in Monroe County and the state of New York.
Location of New York in the United States
Coordinates: 43°5′N 77°26′W / 43.083°N 77.433°W / 43.083; -77.433
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Monroe
Established	May 26, 1812; 211 years ago (1812-05-26)[1]
Government
• Town Supervisor	Ciaran Hanna (R)
• Town Council	Council Members Alexandra Cimino Winner (R) Meredith Stockman-Broadbent (D) Seana Sartori (R) David Belaskas (R)
Area [2]
• Total	34.55 sq mi (89.47 km2)
• Land	34.19 sq mi (88.55 km2)
• Water	0.36 sq mi (0.93 km2)
Elevation	546 ft (166 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	47,479
• Density	1,388.68/sq mi (536.18/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	14450
Area code	585
FIPS code	36-055-57221
Website	www.perinton.org

Perinton (originally Perrinton (in federal censuses) and sometimes Perrington^[3] when still part of Ontario County) is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 47,479 at the 2020 census.^[4]

The village of Fairport is within the town on the Erie Canal. Perinton is adjacent to the coterminous town and village of East Rochester (west), and the towns of Victor (south), Macedon (east), Pittsford (west), and Penfield (north). The hamlet of Egypt is in southeastern Perinton. Egypt Fire Department, Lollypop Farm, and Egypt Park are major Egypt landmarks. The southwestern portion of Perinton is called Bushnell's Basin and is home to the Bushnell's Basin Fire Department and Richardson's Canal House.