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Settlement of Lebanon began circa 1791. The town was established in 1807, from part of the town of Hamilton. Many of the early inhabitants were from Connecticut. The town was founded by General Erastus Cleveland. "When asked for the new town's name, he cried out, alluding to the Bible, 'Ah, as the cedars of Lebanon. The new town of Lebanon.'
In most New England towns, the adult voting population gathered annually in a town meeting to act as the local legislature, approving budgets and laws. Day-to-day operations were originally left to individual oversight, but when towns became too large for individuals to handle such work loads, they would elect an executive board of selected men (hence the name) to run things for them.
Michael P. "Mickey" Kearns is an American politician who serves as Clerk of Erie County, New York.Kearns previously represented the 142nd New York State Assembly District, which spans South Buffalo, half of the city of Lackawanna, West Seneca and Orchard Park, from 2012 to 2017; [1] he has also served on the Buffalo Common Council.
For more information about the Women in History exhibit, residents can contact the Lebanon County Historical Society directly at 717-272-1473 or office@lchsociety.org. Matthew Toth is a reporter ...
This system is still maintained in 17 counties in New York, the other counties (outside New York City) adopted a system of county legislatures with members elected in districts according to the number of inhabitants, independent of town boundaries.
New Lebanon is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States, 24 miles (39 km) southeast of Albany. The population was 2,514 at the 2020 census. [2] [3] The town of New Lebanon is in the northeastern corner of Columbia County. The center of town is at the intersection of U.S. Route 20 and New York State Route 22.
The Nassau County Board of Supervisors was then established. It was a six-member board, and each member was a government official from the three towns in the county (Oyster Bay, Hempstead, and North Hempstead) and later the two cities in the county (Glen Cove and Long Beach). The Town of Hempstead had two voting members.
Lebanon Township (pronounced "LEB-uh-nin") [16] is the northernmost township in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 6,195, [7] [8] a decrease of 393 (−6.0%) from the 2010 census count of 6,588, [17] [18] which in turn reflected an increase of 772 (+13.3%) from the 5,816 counted in the 2000 census.