Tompkins County, New York Cities, Towns, and Villages

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List of towns,formation dates, and other details

Caroline  
  1795 – 96 Settlers from Vermont and New Jersey 
  1811    Formed in Tioga County from the Town Spencer
  1822    Transferred to Tompkins County 
  1839    Ceded land to Town of Danby
Covert  
  In Tompkins County 1817 - 1819
Danby  
  1797    Settled 
  1811    Formed in Tioga County from Town of Spencer 
  1822    Transferred to Tompkins County 
  1839    Annexed land from Town of Caroline 
  1856    Ceded land to Town of Dryden 
Division 
  Name for Town of Groton 1817 – 1818 
Dryden  
  1797    Settled 
  1803    Formed in Cayuga County from Town of Ulysses 
  1817    Transferred to new county of Tompkins 
  1856    Annexed land from Town of Danby 
Enfield   
  1821    Formed from Town of Ulysses 
Groton   
  Settlers from Massachusetts and Connecticut in late 1700s 
  1817    Formed as Town of Division from Town of Locke, Cayuga County 
  1818    Named changed to Groton 
Hector    
  In Tompkins County 1817 – 1854 
Ithaca (city) 
  1888    Formed as a city from Village of Ithaca in Town of Ithaca 
Ithaca (town) 
  Settlers from New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey at The Flats 
  1821    Formed from Town of Ulysses
  1888    Village of Ithaca became City of Ithaca 
Lansing  
  1792    Settlers from New Jersey 
  1817    Formed from Town of Genoa, Cayuga County 
Newfield 
  1811    Formed in Tioga County as Cayuga from Town of Spencer 
  1822    Transferred to Tompkins County; name changed to Newfield 
Ulysses  
  1792    Settled at Trumansbugh 
  1799    Formed as a town in Cayuga County
  1803    Daughter town Dryden formed 
  1817    Transferred to new county of Tompkins 
  1821    Daughter towns Enfield and Ithaca formed 
  1817    Formed from Town of Genoa, Cayuga County