Located in Western New York, Wheatland was once the home of the Seneca Indians. When some of the armies of the Revolutionary War were sent into this rich and fertile country, they liked what they saw and decided to return.

One of Wheatland's earliest settlers was Peter Sheffer, he came here in 1789 and his decendants have lived here ever since. Within the Town there is on the eastern end, the incorporated Village of Scottsville and on the west side the Hamlet of Mumford. The rest of our town is made up of the smaller hamlets known as Garbutt, Belcoda, Beulah and Wheatland Center.

The Village of Scottsville is named after Isacc Scott who arrived in the area in 1790 and purchased 150 acres from a land agent for owners who lived in London and Great Britain. The original deed is on file in Genesee County. This 150 acres covered much of what is now the village of Scottsville. His log house stood at the southwest corner of Main and Rochester Streets.

Mumford was first known as "McKenzies Corners", after one of the first families that settled there. It was later called "Slab City" for the materials that the first homes were made from. It later became "Mumfordville", named after one of it's prominent citizens and it was finally shortened to Mumford.