Ontario County, New York Cities, Towns, and Villages

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List of towns, formation dates, and other details

Augusta      
  In Ontario County 1789-1823
Avon       
  In Ontario County 1789-1821 (named Hartford 1789-1808)
Benton  
  In Ontario County 1803-1823
Bloomfield   
  Name for Town of East Bloomfield 1789-1833
Boyle  
  Name for Town of Smallwood 1808-1812
Brighton   
  In Ontario County 1814-1821
Bristol   
  1788     Settled at Old Indian Orchard 
  1789     Formed from Montgomery County 
  1838     Daughter town South Bristol formed 
  1848     Ceded land to Town of Richmond 
  1852     Annexed land to Town of Richmond
Burt  
  Name for Town of Manchester 1821-1822
Canadice   
  1804     Settlers from Vermont
  1829     Formed from Town of Richmond
  1836     Ceded land to Town of Richmond
Canandaigua (city)
  1913     Village of Canandaigua incorporated as City of Canandaigua 
Canandaigua (town)
  1788    Settled 
  1789     Formed from Montgomery county 
  1824     Ceded land to Town of Gorham 
  1913    Daughter city Canandaigua formed from Village of Canandaigua
East Bloomfield
  1789     Settled; formed as Town of Bloomfield from Montgomery County 
  1812     Daughter towns Mendon and Victor formed 
  1833     Name changed to East Bloomfield; daughter town West Bloomfield formed 
Easton      
  Name of Gorham 1789-1806
Farmington 
  1789     Settled by Quakers from Berkshire, MA; formed as a town from Montfgomery County 
  1821     Daughter town Burt (now Manchester) formed 
Freeport   
  In Ontario 1819-1821
Geneseo   
  In Ontario County 1789-1821
Geneva (city) 
  1806    Village of Geneva incorporated in Town of Seneca 
  1872    Village of Geneva ceded to new Town of Geneva 
  1898    Village of Geneva incorporated as City of Geneva
Geneva (town)
  1872    Formed from the Town of Seneca 
  1898    Daughter city Geneva formed from Village od Geneca 
Gorham   
  1789    Settled at Reed Corners; formed as Town of Easton from Montgomery    County 
  1806    Name changed to Lincoln 
  1807    Name changed to Gorham 
  1822    Daughter town Hopewell formed 
  1824    Annexed land from Town of Canandaigua
Groveland   
  In Ontario County 1812-1821
Henrietta   
  In Ontario County 1818-1821
Honeoye   
  Name for Town of Richmond 1808-1815
Hopewell  
  1789-90    Settled 
  1822    Formed from Town of Gorham, Montgomery County
Italy  
  In Ontario County 1815-1823
Jerusalem   
  In Ontario County 1789-1823
Lima  
  In Ontario County 1789-1821
Lincoln  
  Name for Town of Gorham 1806-1807
Livonia   
  In Ontario County 1808-1821
Lyon   
  In Ontario County 1811-1823
Manchester 
  1793    Settled 
  1821    Formed as Town of Burt from Town of Framington
  1822    Name changed to Manchester
Mendon   
  In Ontario County 1812-1821
Middlesex  
  In Ontario County 1879-1808
Middletown 
  Name for Town of Naples 1789-1808
Milo  
  In Ontario County 1818-1823
Naples  
  1779    Settled and known as Watkinstown
  1789    Formed as Town of Middletown from Montgomery County
  1808    Name changed to Naples
  1815    Daughter town Italy formed 
  1816    Daughter town Springwater formed
Northfield  
  Name for Town of Smallwood 1792-1808
Ontario  
  In Ontario County 1807-1823 
Palmyra   
  In Ontario County 1789-18234
Penfield   
  In Ontario County 1810-1821
Perinton   
  In Ontario County 1812-1821
Phelps  
  1788-90s Part of townships 10 and 11 purchased from Phelps and Gorham; distinct called Sullivan; early settlers from Columbia County 
  1796    Formed as Town of Phelps 
  1823    Land ceded to Town of Lyons, Wayne County 
Pittsford  
  In Ontario County 1814-1821
Pittstown   
  Name for Town of Richmond 1796-1808 
Richmond   
  1789    Settled 
  1796    Formed as Town of Pittstown 
  1808    Name changed to Honeoye; daughter town Livonia formed 
  1815    Name changed to Richmond 
  1829    Daughter town Canadice formed 
  1836    Annexed land from Town of Canadice 
  1848    Annexed land from towns of Bristol and South Bristol 
  1852    Ceded land to towns of Bristol and South Bristol 
Rush  
  In Ontario County 1818-1821 
Seneca  
  1787    Settlers from New England on site of Indian village Kanadesga
  1793    Formed as a town 
  1872    Daughter town Geneva formed 
Smallwood (1792-1814)
  1792 District of Northfield formed from seven townships northeast of Genesee River 
  1796    District of Northfield was organized as Town of Northfield 
  1808    Town of Northfield renamed Boyle 
  1810    Daughter town Penfield formed 
  1812    Daughter town Perinton 
  1813    Town of Boyle renamed Smallwood
  1814     Smallwood dissolved and divided into towns of Brighton and Pittsford 
Sodus  
  In Ontario County 1789-1823
South Bristol
  1789    Settlers from Massachusetts at Wilburs Points
  1838    Formed from Town of Bristol 
  1848    Ceded land to Town of Richmond 
  1852     Annexed land from Town of Richmond 
Sparta   
  In Ontario County 1789-1821
Springwater 
  In Ontario County 1816-1821 
Victor   
  1789    Settlers from Stockbridge, MA
Watkinstown 
  Name for Town of Naples 1779-1789
West Bloomfield 
  1789    Settled 
  1833    Formed from Town of East Bloomfield 
Williamson   
  In Ontario County 1802-1823