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List of towns, formation dates, and other details
Brasher | |
1817 Settled | |
1825 Formed from Town of Massena | |
1828 Daughter town Lawrence formed | |
Canton | |
1800 Settled | |
1805 Formed from Town of Lisbon | |
Clare | |
1880 Formed from Town of Pierrepont | |
Clifton | |
1868 Formed from Town of Pierrepont | |
Colton | |
1824 Settled at Colton Village | |
1843 Formed from Town of Parishville | |
1851 Annexed land from Town of Parishville | |
De Kalb | |
1803 Settlers from Otsego County | |
1806 Formed from Town of Oswegatchie | |
1825 Daughter town De Peyster formed | |
1830 Daughter town Depau (now Hermon) formed | |
Depau | |
Name for Town of Hermon 1830–1834 | |
De Peyster | |
1802 Settlers from Vermont | |
1825 Formed from towns of De Kalb and Oswegatchie | |
Edwards | |
1812 Settled along St. Lawrence Turnpike | |
1827 Formed from Town of Fowler | |
1830 Daughter town Depau (now Hermon) formed | |
1850 Annexed land from Town of Hermon | |
Fine | |
c. 1825 Settled | |
1844 Formed from towns of Pierrepont and Russell | |
Fowler | |
1807 Settled at Hailesboro(ugh) | |
1816 Formed from towns of Rossie and Russell | |
1827 Daughter town Edwards formed | |
1836 Daughter town Pitcairn formed | |
Gouverneur | |
1805 Settled | |
1810 Formed from Town of Oswegatchie | |
1841 Daughter town Macomb formed | |
Hammond | |
Sparsely settled from 1812; settled by Scots west of Hammond village 1818–1821 | |
1827 Formed from towns of Morristown and Rossie | |
1842 Ceded land to Town of Macomb | |
1844 Ceded land to Town of Rossie | |
Hermon | |
c. 1812 Settled | |
1830 Formed as Depau from towns of De Kalb and Edwards | |
1834 Name changed to Hermon | |
1850 Ceded land to Town of Edwards | |
Hopkinton | |
1802 Settled | |
1805 Formed from Town of Massena | |
1807 Daughter town Russell formed | |
1818 Daughter town Parishville formed | |
1828 Daughter town Lawrence formed | |
1900 Daughter town Piercefield formed | |
Lawrence | |
1806 Settled | |
1828 Formed from towns of Brasher and Hopkinton | |
Lisbon | |
1799 Settled | |
1801 Formed as a town in Clinton County | |
1802 Transferred to new county of St. Lawrence; daughter towns Madrid and Oswegatchie formed | |
1805 Daughter town Canton formed | |
Louisville | |
1800 Settled | |
1810 Formed from Town of Massena | |
1823 Daughter town Norfolk formed | |
1844 Annexed land from Town of Norfolk | |
Macomb | |
1805–06 Settled on Old State Road | |
1841 Formed from towns of Gouverneur and Morristown | |
1842 Annexed land from Town of Hammond | |
Madrid | |
1798 Settled | |
1802 Formed from Town of Lisbon | |
1806 Daughter town Potsdam formed | |
1859 Daughter town Waddington formed | |
Massena | |
1798 Settled on Revolutionary grants | |
1802 Formed as a town | |
1805 Daughter town Hopkinton formed | |
1806 Daughter town Stockholm formed | |
1810 Daughter town Louisville formed | |
1825 Daughter town Brasher formed | |
Morristown | |
1799 Settled | |
1821 Formed from Town of Oswegatchie | |
1827 Daughter town Hammond formed | |
1841 Daughter town Macomb formed | |
Norfolk | |
1809 Settled at Raymondsville | |
1823 Formed from towns of Louisville and Stockholm | |
1844 Ceded land to Town of Louisville | |
Ogdensburg (city) | |
1817 Village of Oswegatchie incorporated | |
1868 Formed as a city from Village of Ogdensburg in Town of Oswegatchie | |
Oswegatchie | |
Abandoned by British; resettled in 1796 | |
1802 Formed from Town of Lisbon | |
1806 Daughter town De Kalb formed | |
1810 Daughter town Gouverneur formed | |
1821 Daughter town Morristown formed | |
1825 Daughter town De Peyster formed | |
1868 Village of Ogdensburgh became the City of Ogdensburg | |
Parishville | |
1810 Settled | |
1818 Formed from Town of Hopkinton | |
1843 Daughter town Colton formed | |
1851 Ceded land to Town of Colton | |
Piercefield | |
1900 Formed from Town of Hopkinton | |
1913 Ceded land to Town of Altamont (now Tupper Lake) Franklin County | |
Pierrepont | |
1806–07 Settled | |
1818 Formed from Town of Russell | |
1844 Daughter town Fine formed | |
1868 Daughter town Clifton formed | |
1880 Daughter town Clare formed | |
Pitcairn | |
1824 Settlers from Potsdam | |
1836 Formed from Town of Fowler | |
Potsdam | |
1803 Settled | |
1806 Formed from Town of Madrid | |
Rossie | |
1807 Settled | |
1813 Formed from Town of Russell | |
1816 Daughter town Fowler formed | |
1818 Scottish immigrants arrived | |
1827 Daughter town Hammond formed | |
1844 Annexed land from Town of Hammond | |
Russell | |
1804 Settled | |
1807 Formed from Town of Hopkinton | |
1813 Daughter town Rossie formed | |
1816 Daughter town Fowler formed | |
1818 Daughter town Pierrepont formed | |
1844 Daughter town Fine formed | |
Stockholm | |
1802 Settled | |
1806 Formed from Town of Massena | |
1823 Daughter town Norfolk formed | |
Waddington | |
1798 Settled | |
1859 Formed from Town of Madrid |