Lewis County, New York Cities, Towns, and Villages

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List of towns, formation dates, and other details

Brantingham  
  Name for Town of Greig 1828–1832
Croghan  
  1830    Settled 
  1841    Formed from towns of Diana   and Watson 
  1848    Daughter town New Bremen formed
Denmark  
  1800    Settled 
  1807    Formed from Town of Harrisburg(h)
Diana  
  1830    Formed from Town of Watson 
  1841    Daughter town Croghan formed
Greig  
  1792    Settled by French
  1828    Formed as Brantingham from Town of Watson 
  1832    Name changed to Greig
  1873    Daughter town Lyonsdale formed
Harrisburg(h)  
  1803    Formed in Oneida County from towns of Champion, Lowville, and Mexico
  1805    Transferred to new county of Lewis
  1807    Daughter town Denmark formed
  1808    Daughter town Pinckney formed
High Market 1852–1973  
  (see West Turin)
  1852    Formed from Town of West Turin
  1973    Town of High Market dissolved, became a hamlet in the Town of West Turin
Lewis  
  1800    Settled 
  1852    Formed from towns of Leyden and West Turin
Leyden  
  1794    Settled 
  1797    Formed in Herkimer County from Town of Steuben
  1798    Transferred to new county of Oneida
  1802    Daughter town Brownville formed
  1805    Transferred to new county of Lewis; daughter town Boonville formed in Oneida County
  1813    Daughter town Wilna formed in Jefferson County 
  1821    Daughter town Watson formed
  1852    Daughter town Lewis formed
Lowville  
  1797    Settled 
  1800    Formed in Oneida County from Town of Mexico
  1803    Daughter town Harrisburg(h) formed
  1805    Transferred to new county of Lewis
Lyonsdale  
  1873    Formed from Town of Greig
Martinsburg(h)  
  1801    Settled 
  1803    Formed in Oneida County from Town of Turin 
  1805    Transferred to new county of Lewis
  1823    Annexed land from Town of Turin
Montague  
  1846    Settled 
  1850    Formed from Town of West Turin 
  1867    Annexed land from Town of Osceola 
New Bremen  
  1798    Settled 
  1848    Formed from towns of Croghan and Watson
Osceola  
  1838    Settled 
  1844    Formed from Town of West Turin
  1867    Ceded land to Town of Montague
Pinckney  
  1804    Settled 
  1808    Formed from towns of Rodman (Jefferson County) and Harrisburg(h)
Turin  
  1798    Settled
  1800    Formed in Oneida County from Town of Mexico
  1803    Daughter town Martinsburg(h) formed
  1805    Transferred to new county of Lewis
  1823    Ceded land to Town of Martinsburg(h) 
  1830    Daughter town West Turin formed
Watson  
  1815    Settled
  1821    Formed from Town of Leyden
  1828    Daughter town Brantingham (now Greig) formed
  1830    Daughter town Diana formed
  1841    Daughter town Croghan formed
  1848    Daughter town New Bremen formed
West Turin  
  1796    Settled at Constableville
  1830    Formed from Town of Turin
  1844    Daughter town Osceola formed
  1850    Daughter town Montague formed
  1852    Daughter towns High Market  and Lewis formed
  1973    Annexed dissolved Town of High Market

Selected links to town websites, clerks, and historians

Castorland (Village)

Constable (Village)

Copenhagen (Village)

Croghan (Town)

Croghan (Village)

Denmark (Town)

Diana (Town)

  • No Website

Glenfield (Town)

  • No Website

Greig (Town)

Harrisburg (Town)

Harrisville (Village)

Lewis (Town)

Leyden (Town)

Lowville (Town)

Lowville (Village)

Lyons Falls (Village)

Lyonsdale (Town)

  • No Website

Martinsburg (Town)

Montague (Town)

New Bremen (Town)

Osceola (Town)

Pinckney (Town)

Port Leyden (Village)

  • No Website

Turin (Town)

  • No Website

Turin (Village)

  • No Website

Watson (Town)

West Turin (Town)

  • No Website

*Many townships and villages of Lewis County, NY are too sparsely populated to warrant their own websites. Some have shared sites with other municipalities.