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List of towns, formation dates, and other details
| Arietta | |
| 1827 Settled | |
| 1836 Formed from Town of Lake Pleasant | |
| 1837 Daughter town Long Lake formed | |
| Benson | |
| 1860 Formed from Town of Mayfield (Fulton County) and Town of Hope | |
| Gilman 1839 - 1860 | |
| 1839 Formed from Town of Wells | |
| 1858 Daughter town Indian Lake formed | |
| 1860 Town dissolved and divided between towns of Wells and Lake Pleasant | |
| Hope | |
| 1790 Settled | |
| 1818 Formed from Town of Wells | |
| 1847 Annexed land from Town of Lake Pleasant | |
| 1860 Daughter town Benson formed | |
| Indian Lake | |
| 1858 Formed from towns of Gilman, Long Lake and Wells | |
| 1861 Annexed land from Town of Lake Pleasant | |
| Inlet | |
| 1901 formed from Town of Morehouse | |
| Lake Pleasant | |
| 1795 Settlers from Columbia County | |
| 1812 Formed in Montgomery County from Town of Johnstown | |
| 1816 Transferred to new county of Hamilton; annexed land from Montgomery County (land from towns of Johnstown and Salisbury) | |
| 1835 Daughter town Morehouse formed | |
| 1836 Daughter town Arietta formed | |
| 1837 Daughter town Long Lake formed | |
| 1847 Ceded to Town of Hope | |
| 1858 Ceded land to Town of Wells | |
| 1860 Town of Gilman dissolved and divided between towns of Lake Pleasant and Wells | |
| 1861 Ceded land to Indian Lake | |
| Long Lake | |
| 1837 Formed from towns of Arietta, Lake Pleasant, Morehouse, and Wells | |
| 1858 Daughter town Indian Lake formed | |
| Morehouse | |
| 1833 Settled | |
| 1835 Formed from Town of Lake Pleasant | |
| 1837 Daughter town Long Lake formed | |
| 1901 Daughter town of Inlet formed | |
| Wells | |
| 1798 Settled | |
| 1805 formed in Montgomery County from towns of Mayfield and Northampton | |
| 1812 Annexed land from Town of Mayfield | |
| 1816 Transferred to new county of Hamilton | |
| 1818 Daughter town Hope formed | |
| 1837 Daughter town Long Lake formed | |
| 1839 Daughter town Gilman formed | |
| 1858 Daughter town Indian Lake formed; annexed land from Town of Lake Pleasant | |
| 1860 Town of Gilman dissolved and divided between towns of Wells and Lake Pleasant | |
Selected links to town websites, clerks, and historians
Arietta (town)
Benson (town)
Hope (town)
Indian Lake (town)
Inlet (town)
Lake Pleasant (town)
Long Lake (town)
Morehouse (town)
Speculator (village)
Wells (town)