Rockland County, New York Cities, Towns, and Villages

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List of towns, formation dates, and other details

Clarkstown

 

Settled pre-revolution by Dutch

 

1791    Formed in Orange County from Town of Haverstraw

 

1798    Transferred to new county of Rockland

Hampstead

 

Name of Town of Ramapo 1797–1828

Haverstraw

 

Part of Chesecock, Kakiat(e), and several smaller patents

 

1616    On Dutch maps as Haverstroo

 

1719    Separated from Orangetown as Precinct of Haverstraw

 

1788    Recognized as a town in Orange County by State of New York

 

1791    Daughter towns Clarkstown and New Hampstead (now Ramapo) formed

 

1798    Transferred to new county of Rockland

 

1865    Daughter town Stony Point formed

New Hampstead

 

Name of Town of Ramapo 1791–1797

Orangetown

 

1680    Settled by Dutch

 

1686    Orangetown patent, also called Tappan Patent, in Orange County

 

1702    First courts were held in Tappantown, county seat for Orange County

 

1719    Precinct of Haverstraw formed from Precinct of Orangetown

 

1788    Recognized as a town in Orange County by State of New York

 

1798    Transferred to new county of Rockland

Ramapo

 

1791    Formed in Orange County as New Hempstead from Town of Haverstraw

 

1797    Name changed to Hempstead

 

1798    Transferred to new county of Rockland

 

1828    Name changed to Ramapo

Stony Point

 

1865    Formed from Town of Haverstraw


Selected links to town websites, clerks, and historians

Clarkstown
Haverstraw
Orangetown
Ramapo
Stonypoint
Airmont
Chestnut Ridge
Grand View-on-Hudson
Haverstraw
Hillburn
Kaser
Montebello
Nyack
Piermont
Pomona
Sloatsburg
South Nyack
Spring Valley
Suffern
Upper Nyack
Wesley Hills
West Haverstraw