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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 |