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List of towns, formation dates, and other details
Amherst | |
In Niagara County 1818-1821 | |
Aurora | |
In Niagara County 1808-1821 | |
Boston | |
In Niagara County 1808-1821 | |
Buffalo | |
In Niagara County 1810-1821 | |
Cambria | |
Settled c. 1800 | |
1808 Formed from Town of Willink (now Aurora, Erie County) | |
1812 Daughter towns Hartland, Niagara, ands Porter formed | |
1818 Daughter town Lewiston formed | |
1824 Daughter town Lockport formed | |
Clarence | |
In Niagara County 1808-1821 | |
Concord | |
In Niagara County 1812-1821 | |
Eden | |
In Niagara County 1812-1821 | |
Hamburg(h) | |
In Niagara County 1812-1821 | |
Hartland | |
1803 Settled | |
1812 Formed from Town of Cambria | |
1817 Daughter town of Royalton formed | |
1823 Daughter town Somerset | |
1824 Daughter town Newfane formed | |
Holland | |
In Niagara County 1818–1821 | |
Lewiston | |
Occupied by French intermittently until the British takeover in 1763 | |
First permanent settlement c. 1800 | |
1818 Formed from Town of Cambria | |
Lockport (city) | |
1865 Incorporated as a city from the Village of Lockport in Town of Lockport | |
Lockport (town) | |
1805 Settled near Lockport village | |
1824 Formed from towns of Cambria and Royalton | |
1865 Village of Lockport became City of Lockport | |
Newfane | |
1807 Settlers from Canada | |
1824 Formed from towns of Hartland, Somerset, and Wilson | |
Newstead | |
In Niagara County 1808-1821 | |
Niagara | |
1678 Temporarily settled at La Salle | |
1759 Permanently settled at Schlosser | |
1812 Formed as Schlosser from Town of Cambria | |
1816 Name changed to Niagara | |
1827 Daughter town Pendleton formed | |
1836 Daughter town Wheatfield formed | |
1892 Daughter city Niagara Falls formed | |
Niagara Falls (city) | |
1892 Incorporated as a city from Village of Niagara Falls and Village of Niagara City in Town of Niagara | |
North Tonawanda (city) | |
1897 Incorporated as a city from the Village of North Towanda in the Town of Wheatfield | |
Pendleton | |
1805 Settled | |
1827 Formed from Town of Niagara | |
Porter | |
French military and trading presence from late 1600s; permanently settled by early 1800s | |
1812 Formed from Town of Cambria | |
1818 Daughter town Wilson formed | |
Royalton | |
1803 Settled | |
1817 Formed from Town of Hartland | |
1824 Daughter town Lockport formed | |
Schlosser | |
Name from Town of Niagara 1812-1812 | |
Somerset | |
1810 Settled | |
1823 Formed from Town of Hartland | |
1824 Daughter town Newfane formed | |
Wales | |
In Niagara County 1818-1821 | |
Wheatfield | |
1802 Settled | |
1836 Formed from Town of Niagara | |
Wilson | |
1810 Settled | |
1818 Formed from Town of Porter |