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List of towns, formation dates, and other details
Albion | |
1812 Settled | |
1825 Formed from Town of Richland | |
Amboy | |
1805 Settlers from Connecticut | |
1830 Formed from Town of Williamstown | |
Boylston | |
1810-12 Settlers from Canajoharie, Otsego County | |
1828 Formed from Town of Orwell | |
Constantia | |
1786 Settled by French | |
1808 Formed in Oneida County from Town of Mexico | |
1816 Transferred to new county of Oswego | |
1825 Daughter town Hastings formed | |
1839 Daughter town West Monroe formed | |
Fredericksburgh | |
Name for Town of Volney 1806-1811 | |
Fulton (city) | |
1902 Incorporated as a city; formed from Village of Oswego Falls (Town of Granby) and Village of Fulton (Town of Volney) | |
Granby | |
1792 Settlers from Rensselaer County | |
1818 Formed from Town of Hannibal | |
1836 Ceded land to Town of Oswego Falls | |
1902 Daughter City of Fulton formed from Village of Oswego Falls | |
Hannibal | |
1802 Settlers from Saratoga County | |
1806 Created in Onondaga County from the town of Lysander | |
1816 Transferred to new county of Oswego formed | |
Hastings | |
1789 Settled at Fort Brewerton | |
1825 Formed from Town of Constantia | |
1789 Settled at Fort Brewerton | |
1825 Formed from Town of Constantia | |
Mexico | |
1792 Formed from Town of Whitestown in Herkimer County | |
1798 Transferred to new county of Oneida | |
1799 Daughter town Camden formed | |
1800 Daughter towns Champion and Watertown formed in Jefferson County; Redfield in Oneida County; Lowville and Turin in Lewis County | |
1802 Daughter town Adams formed in Jefferson County | |
1803 Daughter town Ellisburgh formed in Jefferson County | |
1804 Daughter towns Malta (now Lorraine), formed in Jefferson County and Williamstown Oneida County | |
1806 Daughter town Fredericknurgh (now Volney) formed | |
1808 Daughter town Constantia formed | |
1813 Daughter town New Haven formed | |
1816 Mexico transferred from Oneida County to new county of Oswego | |
1828 Daughter town Parish formed | |
1836 Annexed land from towns of New Haven and Richland | |
Minetto | |
1916 Formed from Town of Oswego | |
New Haven | |
1798 First Settled | |
1813 Formed in Oneida County from Town of Mexico | |
Orwell | |
1806 Settled | |
1817 Formed from Town of Richland | |
1828 Daughter town Boylston formed | |
1844 Annexed land from Town of Richland | |
Oswego (city) | |
Site of British garrison during Revolutionary War | |
1828 Incorporated as a village in towns of Oswego and Scriba | |
1848 Enlarged and formed as a city from towns of Oswego and Scriba | |
Oswego (town) | |
1797 Settlers from Connecticut | |
1818 Formed from Town of Granby | |
1836 Annexed land from Town of Granby | |
1848 Daughter city Oswego formed | |
1916 Daughter town Minetto formed | |
Palermo | |
1806 Settlers from Oneida County | |
1832 Formed from Town of Volney | |
Parish | |
1803 Settlers from Otsego County | |
1828 Formed from Town of Mexico | |
Redfield | |
1795-98 Settlers from Connecticut at Redfield Square | |
1800 Formed in Oneida County from Town of Mexico | |
1816 Transferred to new county of Oswego | |
Richland | |
1801 Settlers from Rome, NY | |
1807 Formed in Oneida County from Town of Mexico from Town of Williamstown | |
1816 Transferred to new county of Oswego | |
1817 Daughter town Orwell formed | |
1825 Daughter towns Albion and Sandy Creek formed | |
1836 Ceded land to Town of Mexico | |
1844 Ceded land to Town of Orwell | |
Sandy Creek | |
1804 Settlers from Oneida County | |
1825 Formed from Town of Richland | |
Schroeppel | |
1800 Settled at Phoenix | |
1832 Formed from Town of Volney | |
Scriba | |
1798 Settled | |
1811 Formed in Oneida County from Town of Frederickburgh (now Volney) | |
1816 Transferred to new county of Oswego | |
1848 Daughter city Oswego formed | |
Volney | |
Settled temporarily in early 1700s | |
1793 Settled | |
1806 Formed in Oneidca County as Town of Frederickburgh from Town of Mexico | |
1811 Name change to Volney; daughter town Scriba formed | |
1816 Transferred to new county of Oswego | |
1832 Daughter towns Palermo and Schroeppel formed | |
1902 Daughter city Fulton formed | |
West Monroe | |
1806 Settled | |
1839 Formed from Town of Constantia | |
Williamstown | |
1801 Settled | |
1804 Formed in Oneida County from Town of Mexico | |
1807 Daughter town Richland formed | |
1816 Transferred to new county of Oswego | |
1830 Daughter town Amboy formed |