---
type: Civic Update
title: Which side of the village line are you on?
update_kind: service
stage: ongoing-service
plain_language: >-
  Your mailing address, school district and electric service don't tell you
  whether you live in the village. Search your address on the village's Am I in
  Fairport? map: inside the dashed line is the village, outside is town only.
official_url: 'https://perinton.gov/about/'
checked_on: '2026-10-03'
tags:
  - government
  - jurisdiction
sources:
  - resource: 'https://perinton.gov/about/'
    title: 'Town of Perinton: About Perinton'
  - resource: 'https://www.village.fairport.ny.us/community/about_fairport/index.php'
    title: 'Village of Fairport: About Fairport / A Brief History'
  - resource: >-
      https://fmcvof.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=b1b759717e61409180f3b482c6c77d3b
    title: 'Village of Fairport: Am I in Fairport?'
  - resource: >-
      https://www.village.fairport.ny.us/departments/electric_department/index.php
    title: 'Village of Fairport: Fairport Electric'
  - resource: >-
      https://fmcvof.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=8bfc000f0b4a4c5caa83ec996be2bdd1
    title: >-
      Fairport Municipal Commission (village-linked ArcGIS): Fairport Electric
      Service Area Map
generated:
  by: 'process:hm-lane-civic'
  at: '2026-10-04T10:12:28.234Z'
superbee_updated_by: 'process:hm-lane-civic'
description: >-
  The village line isn't your mailing address, your school district or Fairport
  Electric's territory. How to tell which side you're on.
---
# Which side of the village line are you on?

The Village of Fairport runs along the Erie Canal in the middle of the Town of Perinton, so everyone in the village also lives in the town. Which side of the village line you're on decides whether village services apply to you, and three things people often go by won't tell you:

- **Your mailing address.** A Fairport mailing address doesn't mean you live in the village.
- **Your school district.** Perinton is split among five school districts: Fairport, Victor, East Rochester, Penfield and Pittsford.
- **Your electric bill.** The village owns Fairport Electric, but it serves more than 17,000 customers in the village and in Perinton, so having it doesn't put you inside the village.

To find out, search your address on the village's [Am I in Fairport?](https://fmcvof.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=b1b759717e61409180f3b482c6c77d3b) map: inside the dashed line is the village, where you get village and town services; outside it is the town only. Fairport Electric has its own [service area map](https://fmcvof.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=8bfc000f0b4a4c5caa83ec996be2bdd1) for whether it can serve an address.

Fairport was a busy canal town by the late 1820s, but it didn't become a village until 1867.