A town is a poliitical subdivision of a county in New York state.It does somtimes have the same name as a village or city or county,which causes confusion.ie there is a village named Hastings,in the Town of Hastings in Oswego County,NY. In other states the political subdivision of a county is a Beat or district as in Beat no 1 or District no 2.There are histories written about 1895 for each of these towns.I think the url is RayRaysPlace.com Doug Groner