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List of towns, formation dates, and other details
| Chesterfield | |
| 1792 Settled | |
| 1802 Formed from Town of Willsboro | |
| Crown Point | |
| 1731 Settled by French | |
| 1777 Crown Point district formed in Charlotte County | |
| 1786 Town of Crown Point formed from Crown Point district in Washington County | |
| 1788 Transferred to new county of Clinton; daughter town Willsboro formed | |
| 1798 Daughter town Elizabethtown formed | |
| 1799 Transferred to new county of Essex | |
| 1804 Daughter towns Schroon and Ticonderoga formed | |
| 1808 Daughter town Moriah formed | |
| 1860 Annexed land from Town of Schroon | |
| Dansville | |
| Name for Town of Wilmington 1821–1822 | |
| Elizabethtown | |
| 1792 Settled | |
| 1798 Formed in Clinton County from Town of Crown Point | |
| 1799 Transferred to new county of Essex | |
| 1808 Daughter towns Keene and Moriah formed | |
| 1815 Daughter town Westport formed | |
| 1844 Annexed land from towns of Jay and Lewis | |
| 1854 Annexed land from Town of Lewis | |
| Jay | |
| 1796 Settled | |
| 1798 Formed in Clinton County from Town of Willsboro | |
| 1799 Transferred to new county of Essex | |
| 1808 Daughter town Keene formed | |
| 1821 Daughter town Dansville (now Wilmington) formed | |
| 1822 Annexed land from Town of Peru, Clinton County | |
| 1844 Ceded land to Town of Elizabethtown | |
| Keene | |
| 1797 Settled | |
| 1808 Formed from towns of Elizabethtown and Jay | |
| 1849 Daughter town | |
| Lewis | |
| 1796 Settled | |
| 1805 Formed from Town of Willsboro | |
| 1844, 1854 Ceded land to Town of Elizabethtown | |
| Minerva | |
| 1804 Settled | |
| 1817 Formed from Town of Schroon | |
| 1828 Daughter town Newcomb formed | |
| 1870 Annexed land from Town of Schroon | |
| Moriah | |
| 1785 Settled | |
| 1808 Formed from towns of Crown Point and Elizabethtown | |
| 1828 Daughter town Newcomb formed | |
| 1848 Daughter town North Hudson formed | |
| 1849 Annexed land from Town of Westport | |
| Newcomb | |
| 1816 Settled | |
| 1828 Formed from towns of Minerva and Moriah | |
| North Elba | |
| 1800 Settled | |
| 1849 Formed from Town of Keene | |
| North Hudson | |
| 1800 Settled | |
| 1848 Formed from Town of Moriah | |
| Schroon | |
| 1797 Settlers from New England | |
| 1804 Formed from Town of Crown Point | |
| 1817 Daughter town Minerva formed | |
| 1860 Ceded land to towns of Crown Point and Essex | |
| 1861 Ceded land to Town of Essex | |
| 1870 Ceded land to Town of Minerva | |
| St. Armand | |
| 1842 Settled | |
| 1844 Formed from Town of Wilmington | |
| Ticonderoga | |
| Settled by French soon after 1755 | |
| 1804 Formed from Town of Crown Point | |
| Westport | |
| Settled before Revolution | |
| 1815 Formed from Town of Elizabethtown | |
| 1849 Ceded land to Town of Moriah | |
| Willsboro | |
| 1784 Settled | |
| 1788 Formed in Clinton County from Town of Crown Point | |
| 1792 Daughter town Peru formed | |
| 1798 Daughter town Jay formed | |
| 1799 Transferred to new county of Essex | |
| 1802 Daughter town Chesterfield formed | |
| 1805 Daughter towns Essex and Lewis formed | |
Selected links to town websites, clerks, and historians
| Chesterfield |
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| Crown Point |
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| Elizabethtown | |
| Essex |
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| Jay |
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| Keene |
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| Keeseville |
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| Lake Placid |
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| Lewis |
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| Minerva |
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Moriah (town) and Port Henry (village) |
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| Newcomb |
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| North Elba | |
| North Hudson |
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| Saranac Lake |
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| Schroon |
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| St. Armand |
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| Ticonderoga |
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| Westport | |
| Willsboro |
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| Wilmington |
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