Sullivan County, New York Cities, Towns, and Villages

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List of towns, formation dates, and other details

Bethel   
  c. 1798 Settled
  1809    Formed from Town of Lumberland
  1828    Daughter town Cochecton formed 
Callicoon
  1814    Settled
  1842    Formed from the Town of Liberty 
  1851    Daughter town Fremont Formed
Cochecton
  Settled pre-Revolution, then abandoned 
  1828    Formed from Town of Bethel
  1869    daughter town Delaware formed
Delaware
  1768    Settlers from New Jersey, abandoned during the Revolutionary War
  1869    Formed from Town of Cohecton
Fallsburg(h)
  Settled by Germans pre-Revolution, then abandoned 
  1826    Formed from the towns of Neversink and Thompson 
Forestburgh
  Settled pre-Revolution; settled again in 1795
  1837    Formed form towns of Mamkating and Thompson
Fremont
  1851 Formed from Town of Callicoon
Highland
  Settled at Narrow Falls late 1700s
  1853    Formed from town of Lumberland 
Liberty  
  1793-94 Settlers from Connecticut near Liberty village 
  1807    Formed in Ulster County from Town of Lumberland 
  1809    Transferred to new county of Sullivan
  1842    Daughter town Callicoon formed, ceded land to Town of Thompson
Mamakating 
  c. 1700 Settled
  1743    Mamakating precinct formed in Ulster County; area previously called Wagackkemeck and embraced all of future Sullivan County and part of Orange County
  1788    Recognized as a town by State of New York
  1798    Daughter towns formed: Deerpark in Orange County and Lumberland in Ulster County
  1803    Daughter town Thompson formed
  1809    Transferred to new county of Sullivan
  1837    Daughter town Forestburgh       
Neversink 
  1743    Settled; abandoned during Revolution
  1798    Formed in Ulster County from Town of Rochester
  1809    Transferred to county of Sullivan; daughter town Rockland formed
  1826    Daughter town Fallsburg(h) formed
Rockland 
  1789    Settlers from Middletown, CT
  1809    Formed from Town of Neversink
Thompson
  Settled at Thompsonville
  1803    Formed in Ulster County from Town of Mamkating 
  1809    Transferred to new county of Sullivan
  1826    Daughter town Fallsburg(h) formed 
  1837    Daughter town Forestburgh formed 
  1842    Annexed land from town of Liberty
Tusten  
  1853    Formed from of Lumberland