Clinton County, New York Cities, Towns, and Villages

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Altona  
  1800    Settled
  1857    Formed from Town of Chazy
Au Sable  
  1786    Settled
  1839    Formed from Town of Peru
Beekmantown
  1783    Settled at Point Au Roche
  1820    Formed from Town of Plattsburgh
  1854    Daughter town Dannemora formed
Black Brook
  1825    Settled at AI Sable Forks
  1839    Formed from Town of Peru
Champlain
  Settled after Revolution
  1788    Formed as a town
  1799    Daughter town Chateaugay formed
  1804    Daughter town Chazy and Mooers formed
Chateaugay
  In Clinton County 1799
Chazy  
  1763    Settled
  1804    Formed from Town of Champlain
  1857    Daughter town Altona formed
Clinton  
  Settled at Old Military Road
  1845    Formed from Town of Ellenburg
Constable
  In Clinton County 1807-1808
Crown Point
  In Clinton County 1788-1799
Dannemora
  1838    Settled
  1854    Formed from Town of Beekmantown
Elizabethtown
  In Clinton County 1798-1799
Ellenburg  
  1800    Settlers from Vermont
  1830    Formed from Town of Mooers
  1845    Daughter town Clinton formed
Harrison  
  In Clinton County 1805-1808
Jay  
  In Clinton County 1798-1799
Lisbon  
  In Clinton County 1801-1802
Mooers  
  1796    Settled
  1804    Formed from Town of Champlain
  1830    Daughter town Ellenburgh formed
Peru  
  1772    Settled by Scots
  1792    Formed from towns of Willsboro (Essex County) and Plattsburgh
  1822    Ceded land to Town of Jay, Essex County
  1839    Daughter Towns Au Sable and Black Brook formed
Plattsburgh (city)
  1815    Incorporated as a village in Town of Plattsburgh
  1902   Incorporated as city
Plattsburgh (town)
  1785    Settled 
  1785    Formed as a town in Washington County
  1788    Transferred to new county of Clinton
  1792    Daughter town of Peru formed
  1820    Daughter town Beekmantown formed
  1824    Daughter town Saranac formed
  1848    Daughter town Schuyler Falls formed
  1902    Village of Plattsburgh established as City of Plattsburgh
Saranac  
  1802    Settled
  1824    Formed from Town of Plattsburgh
Schuyler Falls
  1797    Settled
  1848    Formed from Town of Plattsburgh
Willsboro
  In Clinton County 1788-1799

Selected links to town websites, clerks, and historians





















Altona

Au Sable

Beekmantown

Black Brook

  • Official website
  • Town clerk
  • Town historian

Champlain (town)

Champlain (village)

Chazy

Clinton

  • Official website
  • Town clerk
  • Town historian

Dannemora (town)

Dannemora (village)

Ellenburg

Keeseville

  • Official website
  • Village clerk
  • Village historian

Mooers

Peru

Plattsburgh (city)

Plattsburgh (town)

Rouses Point

Saranac

Schuyler