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History. The Sullivan Expedition of 1779 passed through the area and fought the British at the Battle of Newtown in the southern part of the current town. The town of Elmira was formed from the town of Chemung in 1792 as the town of Newtown. In 1808, the town changed its name to Elmira.
1779 - Battle of Newtown. 1783 - Matthias Hollenback opened the Newtown trading post in the vicinity of today's Kennedy Valve. 1783 - First settlers arrive in Newtown (Elmira), Chemung, Big Flats, Breesport, and Horseheads. 1784 - The year of the great ice flood in March
The settlement of Newtown was soon established at the intersection of Newtown Creek and the Chemung River. In 1792, the settlement at Newtown joined with the Wisnerburg and DeWittsburg settlements to form the village of Newtown.
The Town of Elmira was erected by the New York Legislature April 10, 1792, taken from the vast township of Chemung. The first Town meeting was held in the village of Newtown in May of 1792 at the tavern of William Dunn, then known as the Kline House, at the corner of East Water and Fox Streets.
Elmira, city, seat (1836) of Chemung county, southern New York, U.S. It lies on the Chemung River, near the Pennsylvania border, 60 miles (97 km) west of Binghamton. The first European settlement (1787) was incorporated as the village of Newtown in 1815.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Elmira includes the very early villages of Newtown, Dewittsburg and Wisnerburg. The Village of Newtown was formed from Chemung in 1792. It was renamed Elmira in 1808.
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Feb 13, 2023 · The villages of Newtown, Wisnerburg, and Dewittsburg combined into the “Village of Newtown” in 1790. At its earliest dates, Newtown, now Elmira, had no bridges over the Chemung River.
