Hough's "New York Civil List" (1883 and other dates) includes several
lists of Towns including:
"Existing Towns" and "Obsolete Towns", both with relevant dates, locations,
etc.
    "County Formations and Minor Civil Divisions of the State of New York"
(Genealogical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day
Saints,Series B, No. 4, 1978) {I suppose there may be later editions}
includes county maps showing each Town, when it was created and from where,
and indicating dates of name changes.

Hugh MacDougall
Cooperstown

----- Original Message -----
From: "James W. Darlington" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: changes in Towns since 1860


> Check the old legislative manuals. These volumes list town and village
> populations for the preceding twenty or thirty years. New towns can be
> identified by "Holes" in the rows of population figures. The manuals also
> list names and specific dates when towns and villages were created.
>
> I'm not sure if the manuals of the last couple of decades contain such
> information.
>
> Jim Darlington
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Warren Broderick <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:33 PM
> Subject: changes in Towns since 1860
>
>
> > I need to know which towns in New York State either have been created or
> have gone out of existence since 1860.  I do not need the former towns
which
> are now part of New York City.  I know of the following former towns that
no
> longer exist:
> >
> > Highmarket
> > Wilmurt
> > Greenbush
> > Saratoga Springs
> > Rome
> > Buffalo
> >
> > I also know that these towns have been created since 1860:
> >
> > Green Island
> > Mt. Kisco
> > Harrison
> > East Rochester
> > Babylon
> >
> > I need to know any that I have omitted.
> >
>