Genesee County, New York Cities, Towns, and Villages

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List of towns, formation dates, and other details

Alabama
  1806 Settled
  1826 Formed as Gerryville from towns of Shelby (Orleans County) and Pembroke
  1828 Name changed to Alabama
Alexander
  1802 Settled
  1812 Formed from Town of Batavia
Angelica 
  In Genesee County 1805–1806
Attica   
  In Genesee County 1811–1841
Barre   
  In Genesee County 1818–1824
Batavia (city) 
  1823 Incorporated as a village in Town of Batavia
  1915 Formed as a city from Village of Batavia
Batavia (town)
  1802 Formed as a town
  1804 Daughter towns Chautauqua and Willink (now Aurora) formed
  1808 Daughter towns Sheldon and Warsaw formed
  1812 Daughter towns Alexander, Bethany, Pembroke, and Ridgeway formed 
  1820 Daughter towns Elba and Stafford formed
  1915 City of Batavia formed from Village of Batavia
Bellona  
  Name for Town of Le Roy 1812–1813
Bennington 
  In Genesee County 1818–1841
Bergen  
  1805 Settled in Bergen Village
  1804–10 Settled by 60 families from New Haven, CT
  1813 Formed from Town of Murray 
  1820 Daughter town Byron formed
Bethany
  1803 Settled in northeast part of town
  1812 Formed from Town of Batavia
  Byron
  1807 Settled
  1820 Formed from Town of Bergen
Caledonia 
  In Genesee County 1802–1821
Castile   
  In Genesee County 1821–1841
Chautauqua 
  In Genesee County 1804–1808
China   
  In Genesee County 1818–1841
Clarendon 
  In Genesee County 1821–1824
Clarkson 
  In Genesee County 1819–1821
Covington 
  In Genesee County 1817–1841
Darien  
  1803 Settled near Darien City
  1832 Formed from Town of Pembroke
Elba  
  1801 Settlers from Vermont at Daws Corners
  1820 Formed from Town of Batavia
  1842 Daughter town Oakfield formed
Gaines   
  In Genesee County 1816–1824
Gainesville 
  In Genesee County 1814–1841
Gates   
  In Genesee County 1802–1821
Gerrysville
  Name for Town of Alabama 1826–1828
Java   
  In Genesee County 1832–1841
Leicester 
  In Genesee County 1802–1821
LeRoy  
  1797 Settled
  1812 Formed as Town of Bellona from Town of Caledonia
  1813 Name changed to LeRoy
  1817 Daughter town Covington formed
  1820 Daughter town Stafford formed
  1842 Ceded land to Town of Pavilion
Middlebury 
  In Genesee County 1812–1841
Murray 
  In Genesee County 1808–1821
Newstead 
  In Genesee County 1804–1808
Oakfield
  1801 Settled
  1842 Formed from Town of Elba
Oak Orchard 
  In Genesee County 1822–1824
Ogden   
  In Genesee County 1817–1821
Orangeville 
  In Genesee County 1816–1841
Parma  
  In Genesee County 1808–1821
Pavilion
  1809 Settled
  1841 Formed from Town of Covington, Wyoming County
  1842 Annexed land from towns of LeRoy and Stafford
Pembroke
  1804 Settled
  1812 Formed from Town of Batavia
  1826 Daughter town Alabama formed
  1832 Daughter town Darien formed from South Pembroke
Perry   
  In Genesee County 1814–1841
Ridgeway 
  In Genesee County 1812–1824
Riga   
  In Genesee County 1808–1821
Shelby   
  In Genesee County 1818–1824
Sheldon 
  In Genesee County 1808–1841
Stafford
  1801 Settled
  1820 Formed from towns of Batavia and LeRoy
  1842 Ceded land to Town of Pavilion
Southampton 
  In Genesee County 1802–1821
Sweden 
  In Genesee County 1813–1821
Warsaw 
  In Genesee County 1808–1841
Wethersfield 
  In Genesee County 1823–1841
Willink 
  In Genesee County 1804–1808
Yates   
  In Genesee County 1822–1824
York   
  In Genesee County 1819–1821

Selected links to town websites, clerks, and historians

Batavia (City)

Alabama (Town)

Alexander (Town)

Batavia (Town)

Bergen (Town)

Bethany (Town)

Byron (Town)

Darien (Town)

Elba (Town)

LeRoy (Town)

Oakfield (Town)

Pavillion (Town)

Pembroke (Town)

Stafford (Town)

Alexander (Village)

Bergen (Village)

Corfu (Village)

Elba (Village)

LeRoy (Village)

Oakfield (Village)