Onondaga County, New York Cities, Towns, and Villages

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List of towns, formation dates, and other details

Aurelius  
  In Onondaga County 1794-1799
Camillus   
  1790    Settled
  1799    Formed from towns of Marcellus and Onondaga 
  1829    Daughter Elbridge formed 
  1834    Annexed land from Town of Onondaga 
Cicero   
  1790    Settled 
  1807    Formed from Town of Lysander 
  1827    Daughter town Clay formed 
Cincinnatus   
  In Onondaga County 1804-1808
Clay   
  1793    Settled at Three River Point 
  1827    Formed from Town of Cicero and Town of Lysander east of the Seneca River
DeWitt  
  1789    Settlers from Dutchess County 
  1835    Formed from Town of Manlius 
  1926    Ceded Village of Eastwood to City of Syracuse 
Elbridge   
  1793    Settled 
  1829    Formed from Town of Camillus 
Fabius   
  1794    Settlers from Stockbridge, MA 
  1798    Formed from the Town of Pompey 
  1803    Daughter town Tully formed 
  1808    Daughter town Truxton formed in Cortland County 
Geddes  
  1794    Settled 
  1848    Formed from Town of Salina 
Hannibal   
  In Onondaga 1806-1816
Homer  
  In Onondaga 1794-1808 
LaFayette  
  1791    Settled 
  1825    Formed from the towns of Onondaga and Pompey 
Lysander   
  1793    Settled 
  1794    Formed as a town 
  1806    Daughter town Hannibal formed 
  1807    Daughter town Cicero formed 
Manlius  
  1790    Settled 
  1794    Formed as a town 
  1798    Daughter town Onondaga formed 
  1809    Daughter town Salina formed 
  1835    Daughter town DeWitt formed 
Marcellus   
  1794    Formed as a town
  1798    Daughter town Onondaga formed 
  1799    Daughter town Camillus formed 
  1806    Daughter town Otisco formed 
  1830    Daughter town Skaneateles formed 
  1840    Annexed land from Town of Spafford 
Milton  
  In Onondaga County 1794-1799
Onondaga   
  1786    Settlers from New Hampshire
  1798    Formed from towns of Manlius, Marcellus, and Pompey 
  1799    Daughter town Camillus formed 
  1809    Daughter town Salina formed
  1825    Daughter town LaFayette formed
  1834    Ceded land to Town of Camillus 
Onondaga Reservation
Otisco  
  1801    Settlers from Northhampton, MA 
  1806    Formed from towns of Marcellus, Pompey, and Tully 
Ovid   
  In Onondaga County 1794-1799
Pompey   
  1789    Settled 
  1789    Formed in Montgomery County 
  1791    Transferred to new county of Hermkimer 
  1798    Daughter towns Fabius and Onondaga formed 
  1825    Daughter town LaFayette
Romulus   
  In Onondaga County 1794-1799
Salina  
  1795    Settled at Liverpoool
  1809    Formed from towns of Manlius and Onondaga
  1848    Daughter town Geddes formed; Village of Syracuse and Village of Salina incorporated as City of Syracuse
Scipio  
  In Onondaga County 1794-1799
Skaneateles   
  1793-94    Settled
  1830     Formed from the Town of Marcellus 
  1840     Annexed land from Town of Spafford 
Spafford  
  1794    Settled 
  1811    Formed from the Town of Tully 
  1840    Ceded land to towns of Marcellis and Skaneateles
Solon  
  In Onondaga County 1798-1808
Syracuse (city)
  1784    Settled at Salt Point 
  1806    Named Bogardus Corners
  1809    Name changed to Milan 
  1812    Name changed to South Salina 
  1814    Name changed to Cositts Corners
  1817    Name changed to Corinth
  1820    Name changed to Syracuse
  1825    Incorporated as Village of Syracuse in Town of Salina
  1847    Villages of Syracuse and Salina incorporated as City of Syracuse 
  1886    Annexed Village of Geddes from Town of Salina
  1926    Annexed Village of Eastwood from Town of DeWitt
Tully  
  1795    Settled
  1803    Formed from Town of Fabius 
  1806     Daughter town Otisco formed 
  1808    Daughter town Preble formed in Cortland County 
  1811    Daughter town Spafford formed
Van Buren  
  c. 1792    Settled
  1829    Formed from Town of Camillus
Virgil   
  In Onondaga County 1804-1808

Selected links to town websites, clerks, and historians

Camillus
Cicero
Clay
DeWitt
Fabius
Geddes
Lafayette
Lysander
Manlius
Marcellus
Onondaga
Otisco
Pompey
Salina
Skaneateles
Spafford
Syracuse
Tully
Van Buren