Place:Dickinson, Broome, New York, United States

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NameDickinson
TypeTown
Located inBroome, New York, United States


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Dickinson is a town in Franklin County, New York, United States. The population was 823 at the 2010 census. The town was named after Philemon Dickinson, a brigadier general of the New Jersey militia during the American Revolutionary War.

Dickinson is on the western border of Franklin County, southwest of Malone and east of Potsdam.

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The name originally proposed for the area was "Annastown", after the daughter of a local landowner; but another influential landowner, Jonathan Dayton, prevailed in naming the town after his friend and fellow member of congress Philemon Dickinson.

The town of Dickinson was formed from the town of Malone in 1809. In 1812, part of Dickinson was used to form the town of Bangor. The creation of the towns of Moira in 1828 and Waverly in 1880 cost Dickinson more territory.

In 1843, conversions to the Mormon religion and migration westward took place in the town, due to relatives of a Mormon apostle living there.

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  • Outstanding guide to Dickinson family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, town histories, cemeteries, churches, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
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