Essex County, New York Cities, Towns, and Villages

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List of towns, formation dates, and other details

Chesterfield
  1792 Settled
  1802 Formed from Town of Willsboro
Crown Point
  1731 Settled by French
  1777 Crown Point district formed in Charlotte County
  1786 Town of Crown Point formed from Crown Point district in Washington County
  1788 Transferred to new county of Clinton; daughter town Willsboro formed
  1798 Daughter town Elizabethtown formed
  1799 Transferred to new county of Essex
  1804 Daughter towns Schroon and Ticonderoga formed
  1808 Daughter town Moriah formed
  1860 Annexed land from Town of Schroon
Dansville  
  Name for Town of Wilmington 1821–1822
Elizabethtown
  1792 Settled
  1798 Formed in Clinton County from Town of Crown Point
  1799 Transferred to new county of Essex
  1808 Daughter towns Keene and Moriah formed
  1815 Daughter town Westport formed
  1844 Annexed land from towns of Jay and Lewis
  1854 Annexed land from Town of Lewis
Jay  
  1796 Settled
  1798 Formed in Clinton County from Town of Willsboro
  1799 Transferred to new county of Essex
  1808 Daughter town Keene formed
  1821 Daughter town Dansville (now Wilmington) formed
  1822 Annexed land from Town of Peru, Clinton County
  1844 Ceded land to Town of Elizabethtown
Keene  
  1797 Settled
  1808 Formed from towns of Elizabethtown and Jay
  1849 Daughter town
Lewis  
  1796 Settled
  1805 Formed from Town of Willsboro
  1844, 1854 Ceded land to Town of Elizabethtown
Minerva  
  1804 Settled
  1817 Formed from Town of Schroon
  1828 Daughter town Newcomb formed
  1870 Annexed land from Town of Schroon
Moriah  
  1785 Settled
  1808 Formed from towns of Crown Point and Elizabethtown
  1828 Daughter town Newcomb formed
  1848 Daughter town North Hudson formed
  1849 Annexed land from Town of Westport
Newcomb
  1816 Settled
  1828 Formed from towns of Minerva and Moriah
North Elba
  1800 Settled
  1849 Formed from Town of Keene
North Hudson
  1800 Settled
  1848 Formed from Town of Moriah
Schroon  
  1797 Settlers from New England
  1804 Formed from Town of Crown Point
  1817 Daughter town Minerva formed
  1860 Ceded land to towns of Crown Point and Essex
  1861 Ceded land to Town of Essex
  1870 Ceded land to Town of Minerva
St. Armand
  1842 Settled
  1844 Formed from Town of Wilmington
Ticonderoga
  Settled by French soon after 1755
  1804 Formed from Town of Crown Point
Westport
  Settled before Revolution
  1815 Formed from Town of Elizabethtown
  1849 Ceded land to Town of Moriah
Willsboro  
  1784 Settled
  1788 Formed in Clinton County from Town of Crown Point
  1792 Daughter town Peru formed
  1798 Daughter town Jay formed
  1799 Transferred to new county of Essex
  1802 Daughter town Chesterfield formed
  1805 Daughter towns Essex and Lewis formed

Selected links to town websites, clerks, and historians

Chesterfield
  • Official website
  • Town clerk
  • Town historian
Crown Point
Elizabethtown
Essex
Jay
Keene
Keeseville
  • Official website
  • Village clerk
  • Village historian
Lake Placid
Lewis
Minerva

Moriah (town)

and Port Henry (village)

Newcomb
North Elba
North Hudson
Saranac Lake
Schroon
St. Armand
Ticonderoga
Westport
Willsboro
Wilmington