Delaware County, New York Cities, Towns, and Villages

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List of towns, formation dates, and other details

Andes  
  1784 Settled
  1819 Formed from Town of Middletown
Bovina  
  1792 Settled
  1820 Formed from towns of Delhi, Middletown, and Stamford
Colchester
  1774 Settled
  1792 Formed in Ulster County from Town of Middletowns✻
  1797 Transferred to new county of Delaware
  1799 Ceded land to Town of Walton
  1806 Daughter town Hancock formed
  1827 Annexed land from the Town of Walton
Davenport  
  1786 Settled at Davenport Center
  1817 Formed from towns of Maryland (Otsego County) and Kortright
Delhi  
  1785 Settled
  1798 Formed from towns of Kortright, Middletown, and Walton
  1812 Ceded land to Town of Walton
  1820 Daughter town Bovina formed
  1825 Daughter town Hamden formed
Deposit  
  1880 Formed from Town of Tompkins
Franklin  
  1785 Settled
  1792 Formed in Otsego County from Town of Harpersfield
  1797 Transferred to new county of Delaware; daughter town Walton formed
  1800 Daughter town Meredith formed
  1801 Daughter town Sidney formed
  1822 Daughter town Huntsville (now Otego, Otsego County) formed
Hamden  
  1795 Settled
  1825 Formed as Hampden from Towns of Delhi and Walton
  1826 Name changed to Hamden
Hancock  
  Settled before Revolution and abandoned during the war
  1806 Formed from Town of Colchester
Harpersfield
  1782 Settled
  1788 Formed in Montgomery County
  1791 Transferred to new county of Otsego
  1792 Daughter town Franklin formed
  1793 Daughter town Kortright formed
  1797 Transferred to new county of Delaware
  1834 Ceded land to Town of Stamford
Kortright  
  Settled and abandoned before Revolution; settled by families from Dutchess County, Connecticut, and Scotland after Revolution
  1793 Formed in Otsego County from Town of Harpersfield
  1797 Transferred to new county of Delaware
  1798 Daughter town Delhi formed
  1800 Daughter town Meredith formed
  1817 Daughter town Davenport formed
  1834 Ceded land to Town of Stamford
Masonville  
  1795 Settlers from Massachusetts at Cockburns Gore
  1811 Formed from Town of Sidney
Meredith  
  1787 Settled
  1800 Formed from towns of Franklin and Kortright
Middletown
  1762–63 Settlers from Ulster County; abandoned during Revolution
  1789 Formed in Ulster County from towns of Rochester and Woodstock
  1792 Daughter town Colchester formed
  1797 Transferred to new county of Delaware
  1798 Daughter town Delhi formed
  1819 Daughter town Andes formed
  1820 Daughter town Bovina formed
Pinefield  
  Name for Town of Tompkins 1806–1808
Roxbury  
  1786 Settled at Mores Settlement
  1799 Formed from Town of Stamford
Sidney  
  1773 Settled, abandoned during Revolutionary War
  1801 Formed from Town of Franklin
  1811 Daughter town Masonville formed
Stamford  
  1773 Settlers from Scotland and New England, especially from Stamford, CT
  1792 Formed in Ulster County as Stamford
  1797 Transferred to new county of Delaware
  1799 Daughter town Roxbury formed
  1820 Daughter town Bovina formed
  1834 Annexed land from towns of Harpersfield and Kortright
Tompkins  
  1787 Settled
  1806 Formed as Pinefield from Town of Walton
  1808 Name changed to Tompkins
  1880 Daughter town Deposit formed
Walton  
  1785 Settled
  1797 Formed from Town of Franklin
  1798 Daughter town Delhi formed
  1799 Annexed land from Town of Colchester
  1806 Daughter town Pinefield (now Tompkins) formed
  1812 Annexed land from Town of Delhi
  1825 Daughter town Hamden formed
  1827 Ceded land to Town of Colchester

Selected links to town websites, clerks, and historians

Andes
Bovina
Colchester
Davenport
Delhi (town)
Delhi (village)
Deposit
Fleischmanns
Franklin (town)
Franklin (village)
Hamden
Hancock
Harpersfield
Hobart
Kortright
Margaretville
Masonville
Meredith
Roxbury
Sidney (town)
Sidney (village)
Stamford (town)
Stamford (village)
Tompkins
Walton (town)
Walton (village)