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List of towns, formation dates, and other details
Altamont | |
Name for Town of Tupper Lake 1890–2004 | |
Bangor | |
1806 Settled | |
1812 Formed from Town of Dickinson | |
1828 Daughter town Brandon formed | |
Bellmont | |
1833 Formed from Town of Chateaugay | |
1836 Daughter town Franklin formed | |
Bombay | |
1811 Settled | |
1833 Formed from Town of Fort Covington | |
Brandon | |
1820 Settled | |
1828 Formed from Town of Bangor | |
1888 Daughter town Santa Clara formed | |
1896 Ceded land to Town of Santa Clara | |
Brighton | |
1858 Formed from Town of Duane | |
Burke | |
1796–98 Settled | |
1844 Formed from Town of Chateaugay | |
Chateaugay | |
1796 Settled | |
1799 Formed in Clinton County from Town of Champlain | |
1805 Daughter town Harrison (now Malone) formed | |
1808 Transferred to new county of Franklin | |
1833 Daughter town Bellmont formed | |
1844 Daughter town Burke formed | |
Constable | |
1800 Settled | |
1807 Formed in Clinton County from Town of Harrison (now Malone) | |
1808 Transferred to new county of Franklin | |
1817 Daughter town Fort Covington formed | |
1829 Daughter town Westville formed | |
Dickinson | |
1808 Formed from Town of Harrison (now Malone) | |
1812 Daughter town Bangor formed | |
1828 Daughter town Moira formed | |
1880 Daughter town Waverly formed | |
Duane | |
1823–24 Settlers from Schenectady | |
1828 Formed from Town of Malone | |
1841 Daughter town Harrietstown formed | |
1858 Daughter town Brighton formed Ezraville | |
Name for Town of Malone 1808–1812 | |
Fort Covington | |
1793 Settled | |
1817 Formed from Town of Constable | |
1833 Daughter town Bombay formed | |
Franklin | |
1827 Settled at Franklin Falls | |
1836 Formed from Town of Bellmont | |
Harrietstown | |
1812 Settled on North West Bay Road | |
1841 Formed from Town of Duane | |
Harrison | |
Name for Town of Malone 1805–1808 | |
Malone | |
1802 Settlers from Vermont near Malone Village | |
1805 Formed in Clinton County as Town of Harrison | |
1807 Daughter town Constable formed | |
1808 Transferred to new county of Franklin; name changed to Ezraville; daughter town Dickinson formed | |
1812 Name changed to Malone | |
1828 Daughter town Duane formed | |
Moira | |
1803 Settled | |
1828 Formed from Town of Dickinson | |
Santa Clara | |
1888 Formed from Town of Brandon | |
1896 Annexed land from Town of Brandon | |
Tupper Lake | |
1890 Formed as Altamont from Town of Waverly | |
1913 Annexed land from Town of Piercefield, St. Lawrence County | |
2004 Name changed to Tupper Lake | |
Waverly | |
1880 Formed from Town of Dickinson | |
1890 Daughter town Altamont (now Tupper Lake) formed | |
Westville | |
1800 Settlers from Vermont | |
1829 Formed from Town of Constable |
Selected links to town websites, clerks, and historians
Bangor (Town)
Bellmont (Town)
Bombay (Town)
Brandon (Town)
Brighton (Town)
Brushton (Village)
- No website
Burke (Town)
Burke (Village)
Chateaugay (Town)
Chateaugay (Village)
- No website
Constable (Town)
- No website
Dickinson (Town)
- No website
Duane (Town)
Fort Covington (Town)
- No website
Franklin (Town)
Harrietstown (Town)
Malone (Town)
Malone (Village)
Moira (Town)
- No website
Santa Clara (Town)
Saranac Lake (Village)
Tupper Lake (Town)
Known as Altamont (Town) until 2004
Tupper Lake (Village)
Waverly (Town)
Westville (Town)
- No website