Franklin County, New York Cities, Towns, and Villages

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List of towns, formation dates, and other details

Altamont
  Name for Town of Tupper Lake 1890–2004
Bangor  
  1806 Settled
  1812 Formed from Town of Dickinson
  1828 Daughter town Brandon formed
Bellmont
  1833 Formed from Town of Chateaugay
  1836 Daughter town Franklin formed
Bombay
  1811 Settled
  1833 Formed from Town of Fort Covington
Brandon
  1820 Settled
  1828 Formed from Town of Bangor
  1888 Daughter town Santa Clara formed
  1896 Ceded land to Town of Santa Clara
Brighton
  1858 Formed from Town of Duane
Burke  
  1796–98 Settled
  1844 Formed from Town of Chateaugay
Chateaugay
  1796 Settled
  1799 Formed in Clinton County from Town of Champlain
  1805 Daughter town Harrison (now Malone) formed
  1808 Transferred to new county of Franklin
  1833 Daughter town Bellmont formed
  1844 Daughter town Burke formed
Constable
  1800 Settled
  1807 Formed in Clinton County from Town of Harrison (now Malone)
  1808 Transferred to new county of Franklin
  1817 Daughter town Fort Covington formed
  1829 Daughter town Westville formed
Dickinson
  1808 Formed from Town of Harrison (now Malone)
  1812 Daughter town Bangor formed
  1828 Daughter town Moira formed
  1880 Daughter town Waverly formed
Duane  
  1823–24 Settlers from Schenectady
  1828 Formed from Town of Malone
  1841 Daughter town Harrietstown formed
  1858 Daughter town Brighton formed Ezraville
  Name for Town of Malone 1808–1812
Fort Covington
  1793 Settled
  1817 Formed from Town of Constable
  1833 Daughter town Bombay formed
Franklin
  1827 Settled at Franklin Falls
  1836 Formed from Town of Bellmont
Harrietstown
  1812 Settled on North West Bay Road
  1841 Formed from Town of Duane
Harrison
  Name for Town of Malone 1805–1808
Malone  
  1802 Settlers from Vermont near Malone Village
  1805 Formed in Clinton County as Town of Harrison
  1807 Daughter town Constable formed
  1808 Transferred to new county of Franklin; name changed to Ezraville; daughter town Dickinson formed
  1812 Name changed to Malone
  1828 Daughter town Duane formed
Moira  
  1803 Settled
  1828 Formed from Town of Dickinson
Santa Clara
  1888 Formed from Town of Brandon
  1896 Annexed land from Town of Brandon
Tupper Lake
  1890 Formed as Altamont from Town of Waverly
  1913 Annexed land from Town of Piercefield, St. Lawrence County
  2004 Name changed to Tupper Lake
Waverly
  1880 Formed from Town of Dickinson
  1890 Daughter town Altamont (now Tupper Lake) formed
Westville
  1800 Settlers from Vermont
  1829 Formed from Town of Constable

Selected links to town websites, clerks, and historians

Bangor (Town)

Bellmont (Town)

Bombay (Town)

Brandon (Town)

Brighton (Town)

Brushton (Village)

  • No website

Burke (Town)

Burke (Village)

Chateaugay (Town)

Chateaugay (Village)

  • No website

Constable (Town)

  • No website

Dickinson (Town)

  • No website

Duane (Town)

Fort Covington (Town)

  • No website

Franklin (Town)

Harrietstown (Town)

Malone (Town)

Malone (Village)

Moira (Town)

  • No website

Santa Clara (Town)

Saranac Lake (Village)

Tupper Lake (Town)
Known as Altamont (Town) until 2004

Tupper Lake (Village)

Waverly (Town)

Westville (Town)

  • No website