Mendon is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States, and has been ranked as the most affluent suburb of the city of Rochester.

The earliest known inhabitants of the land where the town of Mendon is located were the Seneca of the Iroquois Confederacy.

[4] In 1687, the town was destroyed by Marquis de Denonville, the Governor of New France, during his expedition against the Seneca.

The rest of the Seneca suffered a similar fate when, in 1779, Major General John Sullivan was ordered by George Washington to wage war against Loyalists and four nations of the Iroquois Confederacy who had sided with the British in the Revolutionary War.

Following the Revolutionary War, in 1788, Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham bought of 6,000,000 acres (24,000 km2) of land in what is now western New York State from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

[10] The first train travelled through Mendon on January 1, 1853, when a railroad was built between Canandaigua and Batavia.

The "Peanut Line," as it would later be referred to after it was acquired by the New York Central Railroad was opened, and had a station in the village of Honeoye Falls.

[11] In 1891, the Lehigh Valley Railroad (LVRR) completed its mainline from Manchester to Buffalo, which travelled right through the heart of Mendon.

The highest elevations in Monroe County are in Mendon, at 1028 feet above sea level.

[17] In the southern part of the town, hills and a meandering creek were used to create the Country Club of Mendon.

[18] The 2016 NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championships were played at the club and was hosted by St. John Fisher College.

[19] As of the 2010 United States Census,[21] there were 9,152 people, 3,457 households, and 2,590 families residing in the town.

Prior to 1964, authority for town board action had to be in specific state legislation or in the constitution.

Town elections are held in odd numbered years, with new terms starting the following January 1.

No single member of the town board can act for or commit the noard as a body to any particular program or policy.

The Monroe County sheriff's department provides primary law enforcement for the town.

The Honeoye Falls Mendon Volunteer Ambulance provides both basic and advanced life support with trained emergency medical technicians.