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List of towns, formation dates, and other details
| Afton | |
| 1786 Settlers from Connecticut and Vermont | |
| 1857 Formed from Town of Brainbridge | |
| Bainbridge | |
| 1785 Settlers from Connecticut and Vermont | |
| 1791 Formed in Tioga County as Jericho | |
| 1793 Daughter towns Norwich and Oxford formed | |
| 1798 Daughter town Greene formed | |
| 1798 Transferred to new county of Chenango | |
| 1814 Name changed to Brainbridge | |
| 1857 Daughter town Afton formed | |
| Brookfield | |
| In Chenango County 1798-1806 | |
| Cazenovia | |
| In Chenango county 1798-1806 | |
| Columbus | |
| 1791 Settled | |
| 1805 Formed from Town of Brookfield | |
| 1807 Annexed land from Town of Norwich | |
| Coventry | |
| 1785 Settled | |
| 1806 Formed from Town of Greene | |
| 1843 Annexed land from towns of Green and Oxford | |
| DeRuyter | |
| In Chenango County 1798-1806 | |
| Eastern | |
| Name for Town of Guilford 1813-1817 | |
| German | |
| 1795 Settlers from Oneida County | |
| 1806 Formed from Town of DeRuyter | |
| 1817 Daughter town of Otselic formed | |
| 1823 Daughter town Lincklaen formed | |
| 1827 Daughter town Pitcher formed | |
| Greene | |
| 1792 Settled | |
| 1798 Formed from Town of Union, Tioga County, and Jericho (now Bainbridge) | |
| 1806 Daughter town Coventry formed | |
| 1808 Daughter town Smithville formed | |
| 1840 Ceded land to Town of Barker, Broome County | |
| 1843 Ceded land to Town of Coventry | |
| Guilford | |
| 1787 Settled | |
| 1813 Formed as Eastern from Town of Oxford | |
| 1817 Name changed to Guilford | |
| Hamilton | |
| In Chenango County 1798-1806 | |
| Jericho | |
| Name for Town of Bainbridge 1791-1814 | |
| Lancaster | |
| Name for Town of New Berlin 1821-1822 | |
| Lincklaen | |
| 1796 Settled | |
| 1823 Formed from Town of German | |
| 1827 Daughter town pitcher formed | |
| 1833 Ceded land to Town of Pitcher | |
| MacDonough | |
| 1795 Settled | |
| 1816 Formed from Town of Preston | |
| New Berlin | |
| Settled before the Revolutionary War | |
| 1807 Formed as New Berlin from Town of Norwich | |
| 1821 Name changed to Lancaster | |
| 1822 Name changed back to New Berlin | |
| 1852 Ceded land to Sherburne | |
| North Norwich | |
| 1794 Settled | |
| Formed from Town of Norwich | |
| Norwich (city) | |
| 1816 Incorporated village in Town of Norwich | |
| 1914 Incorporated as a city from Village of Norwich | |
| Norwich (town) | |
| 1788 Settled | |
| 1793 Formed in Tioga County from towns of Union and Jericho (now | |
| Bainbridge) | |
| 1798 Transferred to new county of Chenango | |
| 1806 Daughter towns Pharsalia, Plymouth, and Preston formed | |
| 1807 Daughter towns Columbus and New Berlin formed; ceded land to Town of Columbus | |
| 1808 Annexed land from Town of Preston | |
| 1820 Ceded land to Town of Preston | |
| 1849 Daughter town North Norwich formed | |
| 1915 Village of Norwich incorporated as a city | |
| Otselic | |
| 1800 Settled | |
| 1817 Formed from Town of German | |
| Oxford | |
| 1790 Settled | |
| 1793 Formed in Tioga County from town of Union and Jericho (now | |
| Bainbridge) | |
| 1798 Transferred to new county of Chenango | |
| 1813 Daughter town Guilford formed | |
| 1843 Ceded land to Town of Coventry | |
| Pharsalia | |
| 1797 Settlers from Stonington, CT | |
| 1806 Formed as Stonington from Town of Norwich | |
| 1808 Name changed to Pharsalia | |
| Pitcher | |
| 1794-95 Settled | |
| 1827 Formed from towns of German and Lincklaen | |
| 1833 Annexed land from Town of Lincklaen | |
| Plymouth | |
| 1794 Settled by some French families | |
| 1806 Formed from Town of Norwich | |
| Preston | |
| 1787 Settled on Fly-Meadow Creek | |
| 1806 Formed from Town of Norwich | |
| 1808 Ceded land to Town of Norwich | |
| 1816 Daughter town Macdonough formed | |
| 1820 Annexed land from Town of Norwich | |
| Sangerfield | |
| In Chenango County 1798-1804 | |
| Sherburne | |
| 1792 Settled | |
| 1795 Formed in Herkimer County from Town of Paris | |
| 1798 Transferred to new county of Chenango | |
| 1808 Daughter town Smyrna formed | |
| 1852 Annexed land from Town of New Berlin | |
| Smithville | |
| 1797 Settlers from Ireland | |
| 1808 Formed from Town of Greene | |
| Smyrna | |
| 1792 Settled | |
| 1808 formed as Stafford from Town of Sherburne; name changed to Smyrna one month after formation | |
| Stonington | |
| Name for Town of Pharsalia 1806-1808 | |
| Sullivan | |
| In Chenango County 1803-1806 | |
Selected links to town websites, clerks, and historians
Afton (Village)
- Official Town Website http://www.townofafton.com/
- Village Officials http://www.townofafton.com/government/village_officials.php
Afton (Town)
- Official Website http://www.townofafton.com/
- Town Officials http://www.townofafton.com/government/town_officials.php
- Town History http://www.townofafton.com/history/index.php
Bainbridge (town)
- Official Website http://www.bainbridgeny.org/
- Town Officials http://bainbridgeny.org/officials/
- Town History http://www.bainbridgeny.org/history.htm
Columbus (Town)
- Official Website http://www.columbusny.us/
- Town Official Contacts http://www.columbusny.us/town-contacts.html
- Town History http://history.rays-place.com/ny/columbus-ny.htm
Coventry (Town)
- Official Website http://townofcoventryny.com/
- Town Clerk http://townofcoventryny.com/pb/wp_091a8fc6/wp_091a8fc6.html
- Town History http://history.rays-place.com/ny/coventry-ny.htm
Earlville (Village)
- Official Website http://villageofearlville.com/
- Village History http://quincy.earlville.net/earlhist.html
German (Town)
- Town History http://history.rays-place.com/ny/german-ny.htm
Greene (Town)
- Official Website http://www.nygreene.com/townofgreene.htm
- Town Chamber of Commerce http://www.greenenys.com/index.html
- Town Clerk http://www.nygreene.com/townclerk.htm
- Town History http://www.greenenys.com/about/
Greene (Village)
- Village Information http://www.nygreene.com/
Guilford (Town)
- Official Website http://www.guilfordny.com/
- Town Clerk http://www.guilfordny.com/government/town-clerk.php
- Town History http://www.guilfordny.com/history/index.php
Lincklaen (Town)
- Town History http://history.rays-place.com/ny/lincklean-ny.htm
McDonough (Town)
- Official Website http://www.mcdonoughny.com/
- Town Government http://www.mcdonoughny.com/government.php
- Town History http://history.rays-place.com/ny/mcdonough-ny.htm
New Berlin (Town)
- Official Website http://townofnewberlin.org/
- Town Clerk http://www.townofnewberlin.org/town-clerk.html
- Town History http://www.townofnewberlin.org/history.html
New Berlin (Village)
- Official Website http://thevillageofnewberlin.org/
- Village History http://thevillageofnewberlin.org/about-us/
- Village Board Members http://thevillageofnewberlin.org/village-government/the-board/
North Norwich (Town)
Norwich (City)
- Official Website http://www.norwichnewyork.net/
- City History http://www.norwichnewyork.net/history/history_of_norwich.html
- City Clerk’s Office http://www.norwichnewyork.net/permit/clerk.html
Otselic (Town)
- Town History http://history.rays-place.com/ny/otselic-ny.htm
- Roots Web Town Information http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nychenan/otseltwp.htm
Oxford (Town)
- Official Website http://www.townofoxfordny.com/
- Town Officials http://www.townofoxfordny.com/officials.php
Oxford (Village)
- Official Website http://www.villageofoxfordny.com/
- Village History http://www.villageofoxfordny.com/information-and-contacts.php#historian
- Village Officials http://www.villageofoxfordny.com/information-and-contacts.php#board
Pharsalia (Town)
- Town Information https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Pharsalia,_New_York
- Town History http://history.rays-place.com/ny/pharsalia-ny.htm
Pitcher (Town)
- Town Information https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Pitcher,_New_York
- Town History http://history.rays-place.com/ny/pitcher-ny.htm
Plymouth (Town)
- Town History http://history.rays-place.com/ny/plymouth-ny.htm
Preston (Town)
- Town History http://history.rays-place.com/ny/preston-ny.htm
Sherburne (Town)
- Official Website http://www.townofsherburne.net/
- Town History http://history.rays-place.com/ny/sherburne-ny.htm
- Town Staff http://www.townofsherburne.net/government/staff-information/
Sherburne (Village)
- Town Website http://www.sherburne.org/
Smithville (Town)
- Official Website http://www.smithvilleny.com/
- Town History http://history.rays-place.com/ny/smithville-ny.htm
- Town Officials http://www.smithvilleny.com/Documents/TownOfficials/Townlist_03_04_2013.pdf
Smyrna (Town)
- Town History http://history.rays-place.com/ny/smyrna-ny.htm