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List of towns, formation dates, and other details
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Cincinnatus |
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1795 Settlers from Lenox, MA, and Salem, NY |
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1804 Formed in Onondaga County from Town of Solon |
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1808 Transferred to new county of Cortland |
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1818 Daughter towns Freetown, Harrison (now Marathon), and Willett formed |
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Cortland (city) |
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1900 Incorporated as a city from Village of Cortland Village |
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Cortlandville |
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1792 Settlers from New Jersey |
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1829 Formed from Town of Homer and a small northeastern part of Town of Virgil |
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1900 City of Cortland formed from Cortland Village |
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Cuyler |
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1794–95 Settled |
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1858 Formed from Town of Truxton |
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Freetown |
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1795 Settled |
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1818 Formed from Town of Cincinnatus |
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1850 Annexed land from Town of Virgil |
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Harford |
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1803 Settled |
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1845 Formed from Town of Virgil |
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Homer |
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1791 Settled |
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1794 Formed as town in Onondaga County |
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1798 Daughter town Solon formed |
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1804 Daughter town Virgil formed |
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1808 Transferred to new county of Cortland |
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1829 Daughter town Cortlandville formed |
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Lapeer |
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1799 Settled |
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1845 Formed from Town of Virgil |
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Marathon |
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1794 Settled |
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1818 Formed as Harrison from Town of Cincinnatus |
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1827 Name changed to Marathon |
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Preble |
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1796–98 Settled |
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1808 Formed from Town of Tully, Onondaga County |
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1815 Daughter town Scott formed |
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Scott |
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1799 Settlers from Massachusetts and Vermont |
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1815 Formed from Town of Preble |
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Solon |
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1796 Settlers from Canterbury, CT |
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1798 Formed in Onondaga County from Town of Homer |
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1804 Daughter town Cincinnatus formed |
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1808 Transferred to new county of Cortland |
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1811 Ceded land to Town of Truxton |
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1849 Daughter town Taylor formed |
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Taylor |
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1793 Settled |
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1849 Formed from Town of Solon |
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Truxton |
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1795 Settled |
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1808 Formed from Town of Fabius, Onondaga County |
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1811 Annexed land from Town of Solon |
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1858 Daughter town Cuyler formed |
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Virgil |
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1792 Settled |
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1804 Formed in Onondaga County from Town of Homer |
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1808 Transferred to new county of Cortland |
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1829 Ceded small amount of land to formation of Town of Cortlandville |
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1845 Daughter towns Harford and Lapeer created |
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1850 Ceded land to Town of Freetown |
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Willett |
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1793 Settlers from Barrington, MA |
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1818 Formed from Town of Cincinnatus |
Selected links to town websites, clerks, and historians
| Cincinnatus |
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| Cortland (city) |
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| Cortlandville (town) | |
| Cuyler |
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| Freetown |
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| Harford |
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| Homer (town) |
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| Homer (village) |
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| Lapeer |
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| Marathon (town) |
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| Marathon (village) |
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| McGraw |
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| Preble |
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| Scott |
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| Solon |
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| Taylor |
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| Truxton |
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| Virgil |
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| Willet |
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