Chili (/ˈtʃaɪlaɪ/ CHY-ly)[4] is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States.

[3] It is a suburb of the city of Rochester, established in 1822 from part of the town of Riga.

The first white settler was Captain Joseph Morgan, who purchased land from Peter Sheffer of neighboring Wheatland.

The area of Chili became part of the newly formed town of Northampton.

Two popular theories are that it was named after the country of Chile, which was striving for independence at the time, or after the Chiliast faith embraced by some of the early settlers of South Chili.

[5][6] The Chili Mills Conservation Area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

[7] Chili is in southwestern Monroe County and is bordered at its northeastern corner by the city of Rochester.

Downtown Rochester is 7 miles (11 km) northeast of the hamlet of Chili Center.