Timeline of town creation in New York's Capital District

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Opening paragraph of the Dongan Charter creating the city of Albany, New York, the oldest municipality in New York's Capital District
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The towns and cities of New York's Capital District were created by the U.S. state of New York as municipalities in order to give residents more direct say over local government. The Capital District is an 11 county area, which consists of the counties of Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schoharie, Warren, Washington, Columbia, Montgomery, Fulton, and Greene. New York experimented with different types of municipalities before settling upon the current format of towns and cities occupying all the land in a county. Districts were created for Albany and Tryon counties in 1772; all were transformed into towns (or divided into multiple towns) in 1788 when all of the state of New York was divided into towns. Two years before that, in 1786, all of what Washington County encompassed at that time was divided into townships with the same legal status, abilities, and responsibilities as districts with their status as towns confirmed in 1788. Some other forms of government in earlier years included land patents with some municipal rights and boroughs. The following timelines show the creation of the current towns from their predecessors stretching back to the earliest municipal entity over the area. The timelines only represent from which town(s) a particular town was created from and does not represent annexations of territory to and from towns that already existed. All municipalities are towns unless otherwise noted as patent, township, borough, district, or city. Unless otherwise sourced with a footnote all dates of incorporation represent those stated in the 1860 Gazetteer of the State of New York by John H. French.

Albany and Rensselaer counties, with Niskayuna (Schenectady County)

Beverwyck
village
1652
(Albany
in 1664)		Albany
city
1686
West
Manor
district
1779-
1788		Watervliet
1788
-1896
Rensselaer-
ville
1790		Berne
1795		Knox
1822
Westerlo
1815
Coeymans
1791
Bethlehem
1793		New
Scotland
1832
Guilderland
1803
Manor
district
1772-
1779		Colonie
1808-1815
Niskayuna
1809
Cohoes
city 1869
Colonie
1895
Green Island
1896		North
Greenbush
1855
Watervliet
city
1896		Clinton
1855
(East
Greenbush
in 1858)
Greenbush
1795-
1897		Rensselaer
city
1897
East
Manor
district
1779-
1784		Rensselaer-
wyck
district
1784-1788		Rensselaer-
wyck
1788-
1795		Schodack
1795		Sand
Lake
1812
Brunswick
1807
Troy
1791-
1816		Troy
city
1816		Poesten-
kill
1848
Lansing-
burgh
1807-1901
Stephentown
district
1784-1788		Stephentown
1788		Petersburgh
1791		Grafton
1807		Berlin
1806
Philips-
town
1806
(Nassau
in 1808)
Schagh-
ticoke
district
1772-
1788		Schagh-
ticoke
1788
Pittstown
1788
Hoosick
district
1772-
1788		Hoosick
1788

Notes

= A part of New Netherland, a Dutch territory, until 1664, thereafter part of the English colony of New York,
and within Albany County from its formation in 1683.
= A part of Albany County.
= A part of Schenectady County when formed from Albany County in 1809.
= A part of Albany County until 1791 when Rensselaer County was formed.
= A part of Rensselaer County.

Schoharie and Greene counties, with Duanesburgh (Schenectady County)

Hurley
township
1708-1788		Woodstock
township
1787-1788		Woodstock
1788		Windham
1798		Greenland
1813
(Hunter in 1814)
Jewett
1849
New Goshen
January 17, 1813
(Lexington
in March 19, 1813)		Halcott
1851
Prattsville
1833
Ashland
1848
Great Imboght
District
1772-1788		Catskill 1788
Athens 1815
Coxsackie
District
1772-1788		Coxsackie 1788
Canton 1803
(Cairo 1808)
New Baltimore
1811
Freehold 1790
change to
Durham 1805
Greenfield 1803
(Freehold in 1808)
(Greenville 1809)
Duanesburgh
patent
1765-1772		Duanesburg
1789		Conesville
1836
United Districts
of Duanesburgh
and Schoharie
1772-1788		Schoharie
1788		Bristol 1797
change to
Broome 1808
Gilboa 1848
Schoharie
patent
1714-1772		Blenheim 1797Jefferson
1803
Richmondville
1845		Summit 1819
Cobleskill 1797
Carlisle 1807
Sharon 1797Seward 1840
Middletown 1797
Middleburgh 1801		Fulton 1828
Wright 1846
Esperance 1846

Notes

= A part of Albany County.


= A part of Albany County until 1798, then part of Ulster County until 1800 when Greene County was formed.

= A part of Albany County until 1800 when Greene County was formed.
= A part of Albany County, until 1809 when Schenectady County was formed.
= A part of Albany County until 1797 when Schoharie County was formed.
= A part of Greene County
= A part of Schoharie County
= Schoharie County annexed a portion of the town of Durham (Greene County) in 1836,
that portion was joined with a part of the town of Broome to become Conesville.


= A part of Ulster County.
= A part of Ulster County until 1800 when Greene County was formed.

Schenectady County, except Niskayuna and Duanesburgh

Schenectady City Hall
Schenectady patent 1684-1765
Schenectady borough 1765-1772
Schenectady district 1772-1788
Schenectady town 1788-1798
Princetown 1798Schenectady city 1798
Glenville 1820Rotterdam 1820

Notes

= A part of Albany County.
= A part of Albany County, until 1809 when Schenectady County was formed.
= A part of Schenectady County.

Saratoga County, and Easton (Washington County)

Charlton
1792
Galway
1792		Providence
1796		Northfield
1801
(Edinburgh
in 1808)		Corinth
1818
Ballstown
district
1775-
1788		Ballston
1788		Milton
1792
Saratoga
district
1772-
1788		Greenfield
1793		Concord 1819
(Day in 1827)
Hadley
1801
Saratoga
1788		Northumberland
1798		Moreau
1805
Wilton
1818
Saratoga
Springs
town 1819-
1915		Saratoga
Springs
city
1915
Easton
1789
Stillwater
1788		Malta
1802
Halfmoon
district
1772-
1788		Mechanicville
city 1915
Halfmoon
1788		Waterford
1816
Clifton 1828
(Clifton Park
in 1829)

Notes

= A part of Albany County.
= A part of Albany County, until 1791 when Saratoga County was formed.
= A part of Saratoga County.
= A part of Albany County, until 1791 when annexed by Washington County

Washington County, except Easton

Jackson
1815
Cambridge
patent
1761-1788		Cambridge
1788		White Creek
1815
Kingsbury
patent
1762-1786		Kingsbury
township
1786-1788		Kingsbury
1788
Argyle
patent
1764-1786		Argyle
township
1786-1788		Argyle
1788		Greenwich
1803
Salem
patent
1764-1786		Salem
township
1786-1788		Salem
1788		Fort Edward
1818
Skenesborough
patent
1765-1786		Whitehall
township
1786-1788		Whitehall
1788
Granville
township
1786-1788		Granville
1788
Hampton
township
1786-1788		Hampton
1788
Hebron
township
1786-1788		Hebron
1788
Westfield
township
1786-1788		Westfield
1788
(Fort Ann
in 1808)		Hartford
1793
Putnam
1806		South Bay
March 15, 1822
(Dresden in
April 17, 1822)

Notes

= A part of Albany County.
= A part of Albany County until 1772 when Charlotte County was formed (name changed to Washington County in 1778).
= A part of Albany County, until 1791 when annexed by Washington County
= A part of Washington County.

Warren County

Caldwell
1810
(Lake George
in 1963)
Chester
1799
Bolton
1799		Rochester
1807(Hague
in 1808)
Horicon
1838
Queensbury
patent
1762-1786		Queensbury
township
1786-1788		Queensbury
1788		Thurman
1792-1813		Johnsburg
1805
Fairfield
1792
(Luzerne
in 1808
Lake Luzerne
in 1963)		Athol
1813-1852		Thurman
1852
Glens Falls
city 1908		Warrensburg
1813		Stony Creek
1852

Notes

= A part of Albany County until 1772 when Charlotte County was formed (name changed to Washington County in 1778).
= A part of Washington County.


= A part of Washington County until 1813 when Warren County was formed.
= A part of Warren County.

Columbia County

Hillsdale
District
1782-1788		Hillsdale
1788
Hudson
city
1785		Greenport
1837
Claverack
District
1772-1788		Claverack
1788
(1)(1)
Stuyvesant
1823		Stockport
1833
Kinderhook
District
1772-1788		Kinderhook
1788		Ghent
1818
Chatham
1795
Austerlitz
1818
Kings
District
1772-1788		Canaan
1788		New Lebanon
1818
German Camp
(East Camp)
District
1775-1788		Germantown
1788
Clermont
1788		Gallatin 1803
(Ancram 1814)		Gallatin
1830
Manor
of
Livingston
District
1772-1788		Livingston
1788		Granger 1803
(Taghkanic 1814)		Copake
1824

Notes

= A part of Albany County until 1786 when Columbia County was formed.
= A part of Columbia County.

Fulton, Montgomery, and Hamilton counties, with part of Herkimer County

Salisbury
1797
Oppenheim
1808		St. Johnsville
1838
Manheim
1817
Stone
Arabia
1772-
1788
(Palatine
in 1773)		Palatine
1788		Ephratah
1827
Canajoharie
district
1772-1788		Canajoharie
1788		Minden
1798		Danube
1812		Stark
1828
Bleecker
1831		Caroga
1842
Root
1823		Gloversville
1840
Johnstown
1895
Mohawk
district
1772-
1788		Mohawk
1788-
1793		Charleston
1793		Glen
1823		Johnstown
1793
Florida
1793		Mohawk
1837
Lake Pleasant
1812		Arietta
1836		Long Lake
1837
Morehouse
1835		Inlet
1901
Caughnawaga
district
1780-1788		Caughnawaga
1788-1793		Mayfield
1793		Wells
1805		Indian Lake
1858
Broadalbin
1793		Northampton
1799		Hope
1818		Benson
1860
Amsterdam
1793		Perth
1838		Gilman
1839-1860
Amsterdam
city
1885

See also

Notes

  • a. ^ Though many sources put Pittstown as incorporated as a township by patent on July 23, 1721 no law can be found incorporating it as such.  When Albany County was divided into districts Pittstown is not mentioned, though the land it currently occupies was included in Schaghticoke; if Pittstown had been a municipality it ceased to be so in 1772 (or earlier); the current town of Pittstown was formed in 1788.

References

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  3. ^ "Governmental Units". John B. Deitz. Retrieved May 18, 2009.
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  5. ^ a b Laws of the State of New York, Vol. 2; 1785-88. State of New York. 1886. p. 196. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
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  15. ^ General Laws of the State of New York, passed in 1915. West Publishing Company. 1915. p. 795. Retrieved September 2, 2009. mechanicville.
  16. ^ a b "Warren County Historical Society". Retrieved March 18, 2009.
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