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List of towns, formation dates, and other details
Arcade | |
1807 Settlers from New England | |
1818 Formed in Genesee Count as Town of China from Town of Sheldon | |
1832 Daughter town Java formed | |
1841 transferred to new county of Wyoming | |
1866 Name changed from China to Arcade; ceded land to Town of Eagle | |
Attica | |
1802 Settled | |
1811 Formed in Genesee County from Town of Sheldon | |
1816 Daughter town Orangeville formed | |
1841 Transferred to new county of Wyoming | |
Bennington | |
1802 Settlers from Vermont | |
1818 Formed in Genesee County from Town of Sheldon | |
1841 Transferred to new county of Wyoming | |
Castile | |
c. 1780 Settlers at Gardeau Flats, near St. Helena | |
1821 Formed in Genesee County from Town of Perry | |
1841 Transferred to new county of Wyoming | |
China | |
Name for Town of Arcade 1818 – 1866 | |
Covington | |
1807 Settled | |
1817 Formed in Genesee County from towns of LeRoy and Perry | |
1841 Daughter town Pavilion formed in Genesee County; Covington transferred to new county of Wyoming | |
Eagle | |
1808 Settlers from Cayuga County | |
1823 Formed in Allegany County from Town of Pike | |
1846 Transferred to Wyoming County | |
1866 Annexed land from Town of Arcade | |
Gainesville | |
1805 Settlers from Columbia County and Vermont | |
1814 Formed in Genesee County as Town of Hebe from Town of Warsaw | |
1816 Name changed to Gainesville | |
1841 transferred to new county of Wyoming | |
Genesee Falls | |
1804 Settled | |
1846 Formed from towns of Portage (Livingston County) and Pike | |
1823 Daughter town Annsville formed | |
Hebe | |
Name for Town of Gainesville 1814 – 1816 | |
Java | |
1810 Settlers from Lowell, MA | |
1832 Formed in Genesee County from Town of China (now Arcade) | |
1841 Transferred to new county of Wyoming | |
Middlebury | |
1802 Settlers from Rutland County, VT, near Wrights Corners | |
1812 Formed in Genesee County from Town of Warsaw | |
1841 Transferred to new county of Wyoming | |
Orangeville | |
1816 Formed in Genesee County from Town of Attica | |
1823 Daughter town Wethersfield formed | |
1841 Transferred to new county of Wyoming | |
Pike | |
1806 Settlers from Whitehall, NY | |
1818 Formed in Allegany County from Town of Nunda | |
1819 Daughter town Centerville formed in Allegany County | |
1822 Daughter town Hume formed in Allegany County | |
1823 Daughter town Eagle formed | |
1846 Transferred to Wyoming County | |
1846 Daughter town Genesee Falls formed | |
Sheldon | |
1804 Settled | |
1808 Formed in Genesee County from Town of Batavia | |
1811 Daughter town Attica formed | |
1818 Daughter towns China (now Arcade) and Bennington formed | |
1841 Transferred to new county Wyoming | |
Warsaw | |
1803 Settled at Warsaw Village | |
1808 Formed in Genesee County from Town of Batavia | |
1812 Daughter town Middlebury formed | |
1814 Daughter town Hebe (now Gainesville) formed | |
1841 Transferred to new county of Wyoming | |
Wethersfield | |
1810 Settlers from Jefferson County | |
1823 Formed in Genesee County from Town of Orangeville | |
1841 Transferred to new county of Wyoming |