The Town of Kendall is in the northeast corner of Orleans County and is northwest of Rochester.

The Erie Canal opened in 1825, making a ready market for wheat and lumber.

The first Norwegian immigrant community in the United States was begun at the Kendall Settlement in 1825.

Norwegian-American pioneer leader Cleng Peerson subsequently founded a settlement in the Fox River Valley of Illinois during 1834, near the community of Norway, Illinois.

It was formerly called "North Murray" and was settled slowly due to swampy terrain, being called the "Black North", due to the bogs and forests.

The town was named after Amos Kendall, the U.S. Postmaster General under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.

14.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.