Chenango County, New York Cities, Towns, and Villages

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List of towns, formation dates, and other details

Afton  
  1786    Settlers from Connecticut and Vermont
  1857    Formed from Town of Brainbridge
Bainbridge
  1785    Settlers from Connecticut and Vermont
  1791    Formed in Tioga County as Jericho
  1793    Daughter towns Norwich and Oxford formed
  1798    Daughter town Greene formed
  1798    Transferred to new county of Chenango
  1814    Name changed to Brainbridge
  1857    Daughter town Afton formed
Brookfield
  In Chenango County 1798-1806
Cazenovia
  In Chenango county 1798-1806
Columbus
  1791    Settled
  1805    Formed from Town of Brookfield
  1807    Annexed land from Town of Norwich
Coventry
  1785    Settled
  1806    Formed from Town of Greene
  1843    Annexed land from towns of Green and Oxford
DeRuyter
  In Chenango County 1798-1806
Eastern  
  Name for Town of Guilford 1813-1817
German  
  1795    Settlers from Oneida County
  1806    Formed from Town of DeRuyter
  1817    Daughter town of Otselic formed
  1823    Daughter town Lincklaen formed
  1827    Daughter town Pitcher formed
Greene  
  1792    Settled
  1798    Formed from Town of Union, Tioga County, and Jericho (now Bainbridge)
  1806    Daughter town Coventry formed
  1808    Daughter town Smithville formed
  1840    Ceded land to Town of Barker, Broome County
  1843    Ceded land to Town of Coventry
Guilford  
  1787    Settled
  1813    Formed as Eastern from Town of Oxford
  1817    Name changed to Guilford
Hamilton
  In Chenango County 1798-1806
Jericho  
  Name for Town of Bainbridge 1791-1814
Lancaster
  Name for Town of New Berlin 1821-1822
Lincklaen
  1796    Settled
  1823    Formed from Town of German
  1827    Daughter town pitcher formed
  1833    Ceded land to Town of Pitcher
MacDonough
  1795    Settled
  1816    Formed from Town of Preston
New Berlin
  Settled before the Revolutionary War
  1807    Formed as New Berlin from Town of Norwich
  1821    Name changed to Lancaster
  1822    Name changed back to New Berlin
  1852    Ceded land to Sherburne
North Norwich
  1794    Settled
  Formed from Town of Norwich
Norwich (city)
  1816    Incorporated village in Town of Norwich
  1914    Incorporated as a city from Village of Norwich
Norwich (town)
  1788    Settled
  1793    Formed in Tioga County from towns of Union and Jericho (now 
Bainbridge)
  1798    Transferred to new county of Chenango
  1806    Daughter towns Pharsalia, Plymouth, and Preston formed
  1807    Daughter towns Columbus and New Berlin formed; ceded land to Town of Columbus
  1808    Annexed land from Town of Preston
  1820    Ceded land to Town of Preston
  1849    Daughter town North Norwich formed
  1915    Village of Norwich incorporated as a city
Otselic  
  1800    Settled
  1817    Formed from Town of German
Oxford  
  1790    Settled
  1793    Formed in Tioga County from town of Union and Jericho (now 
Bainbridge)
  1798    Transferred to new county of Chenango
  1813    Daughter town Guilford formed
  1843    Ceded land to Town of Coventry
Pharsalia
  1797    Settlers from Stonington, CT
  1806    Formed as Stonington from Town of Norwich
  1808    Name changed to Pharsalia
Pitcher  
  1794-95    Settled
  1827    Formed from towns of German and Lincklaen
  1833    Annexed land from Town of Lincklaen
Plymouth
  1794    Settled by some French families
  1806    Formed from Town of Norwich
Preston  
  1787    Settled on Fly-Meadow Creek
  1806    Formed from Town of Norwich
  1808    Ceded land to Town of Norwich
  1816    Daughter town Macdonough formed
  1820    Annexed land from Town of Norwich
Sangerfield
  In Chenango County 1798-1804
Sherburne
  1792    Settled
  1795    Formed in Herkimer County from Town of Paris
  1798    Transferred to new county of Chenango
  1808    Daughter town Smyrna formed
  1852    Annexed land from Town of New Berlin
Smithville
  1797    Settlers from Ireland
  1808    Formed from Town of Greene
Smyrna  
  1792    Settled
  1808    formed as Stafford from Town of Sherburne; name changed to Smyrna one month after formation
Stonington
  Name for Town of Pharsalia 1806-1808
Sullivan  
  In Chenango County 1803-1806

Selected links to town websites, clerks, and historians

Afton (Village)

Afton (Town)

Bainbridge (town)

Columbus (Town)

Coventry (Town)

Earlville (Village)

German (Town)

Greene (Town)

Greene (Village)

Guilford (Town)

Lincklaen (Town)

McDonough (Town)

New Berlin (Town)

New Berlin (Village)

North Norwich (Town)

Norwich (City)

Otselic (Town)

Oxford (Town)

Oxford (Village)

Pharsalia (Town)

Pitcher (Town)

Plymouth (Town)

Preston (Town)

Sherburne (Town)

Sherburne (Village)

Smithville (Town)

Smyrna (Town)