History
NY 256 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York. It initially began at NY 36A (now NY 63) in the hamlet of Groveland and followed Scottsburg Road east to Scottsburg, where it turned north to follow West Lake Road to a terminus at NY 254 (now US 20A) west of Lakeville. NY 256 was rerouted c. 1936 to follow a new highway connecting Scottsburg to NY 255 southeast of the hamlet. The route was extended north to US 15 (modern NY 15) c. 1940 and south to Dansville by way of NY 255 in the early 1940s. NY 255 was then truncated to its junction with NY 256. On April 1, 1983, ownership and maintenance of NY 256 between NY 63 and Depot Road (three blocks north of Perine Street) in Dansville was transferred from Livingston County to the state of New York as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government.
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