Town of Dewitt Clerk Archival Records Listing
The Town of Dewitt was established in the year 1835.
It has an approximate size of 34.8 square miles. It is located northeast
of Syracuse, and west of Manlius. The main routes of travel are
State Routes 5, 90, 92, 290, 481 and 690. Dewitt was named after
Moses Dewitt, the son of Simeon Dewitt, who came to this area in
1790 and eventually settled in the town of Pompey. You may still
see much of Dewitt’s history present in the historic homes,
churches, cemeteries, schools, and buildings which still stand today.
Series Title |
Years |
Cubic Footage |
Department |
Comments |
Assessment Rolls |
1991-Present |
10 |
AS |
|
Audit, NYS Comptrollers |
1964-Present |
0.2 |
TC |
Kept in Town Clerks vault, various
years |
Bonds and Notes |
1962-Present |
1 |
TC |
|
Budget, Annual or Special |
1955-Present |
1 |
TC |
|
Community Development
& Urban Renewal (Subdivision Records) |
1962-Present |
20 |
TC |
|
|
District Reference Files |
|
|
|
|
Sewer |
1956-Present |
12 |
TC |
|
|
Water |
1956-Present |
20 |
TC |
|
Docket Sheets |
1895-Present |
20 |
TC |
|
Equalization Rate Certificates |
1987-Present |
0.1 |
AS |
|
Government Establishment
and Reorganization Files |
1835 |
|
TC |
Also see early copies of Town Board
Minutes books |
Health, Board of (Papers) |
1901-1902 |
0.2 |
TC |
|
Laws, Local |
1968-Present |
0.1 |
TC |
|
Maps |
|
|
|
|
|
Flood Insurance |
1985 |
0.2 |
TC |
|
|
Zoning |
1957 |
0.2 |
TC |
|
Minutes |
|
|
|
|
|
Planning Board |
1968-Present |
2 |
TC |
|
|
Town Board |
1835-Present |
10 |
TC |
|
|
Zoning Board of Appeal |
1957-Present |
|
TC |
Decisions |
Mortgages, Chattel |
1849-1951 |
2 |
TC |
|
Oaths of Office |
1974-Present |
0.1 |
TC |
|
Overseers of the Poor
& Welfare Records |
1900-1923 |
0.2 |
TC |
1 book |
Plans, Comprehensive |
1961 |
0.2 |
TC |
1 spiral notebook |
Plans, Disaster Preparedness |
1991 |
0.1 |
TC |
|
School District Records |
|
|
|
|
|
Board Ledger |
1875-1916 |
2 |
TC |
|
|
District Accounts |
1889-1908 |
2 |
TC |
|
|
Minute Ledgers |
1836-1915 |
2 |
TC |
|
Street and Address Change
Records |
|
2 |
TC |
|
Tax Rolls |
1858-Present |
35 |
TC |
Kept in Storage Room, 1858, 1860,
1871, 1874-1879, 1881, 1882, 1885, 1889-1891, 1893-1896,
1906-1907, 2 books missing dates, one states it's North
of the Erie Canal |
Vital Statistics |
|
|
|
|
|
Marriage Records |
1885-Present |
9 |
TC |
|
Zoning Variance or Special
Permit Files |
1957-Present |
40 |
TC |
Also book of Decisions |
Totals for Historical Records (Dates and Cubic Footage) |
1835-
Present |
191.6 |
|
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