Selected Bainbridge History
1791 Town of Jericho formed and officials elected 4-19-1791
1813 Church and meeting house burned.
1814 Town’s name changed to Bainbridge from Jericho
1829 Village of Bainbridge chartered. Richard Juliand elected as first Village president, election held May 5, by-laws for Village adopted on May 28
1857 South Bainbridge renamed Afton
1919 Borden buys Casein Co. Factory
1924 American Plastics formed
1966 On January 7, a freight train heading to Albany jumped the tracks at the downtown rail crossing. Several track side structures and houses, including the Fire House, were destroyed. The crossing guard and his wife were killed in their home (next to the tracks) and many others were injured.
1971 Marshal Andrews, Village Clerk, retires after 31 years of service.
1981 Police Chief Bill Payne retires after 40 years of service to the Village.
2006 From June June 26 through June 28 the combination of tropical moisture and a stalled cold front produced record river flooding across portions of the Upper Susquehanna, Delaware and Chenango River Basins. River level reached 27 feet in Bainbridge.
1813 Church and meeting house burned.
1814 Town’s name changed to Bainbridge from Jericho
1829 Village of Bainbridge chartered. Richard Juliand elected as first Village president, election held May 5, by-laws for Village adopted on May 28
1857 South Bainbridge renamed Afton
1919 Borden buys Casein Co. Factory
1924 American Plastics formed
1966 On January 7, a freight train heading to Albany jumped the tracks at the downtown rail crossing. Several track side structures and houses, including the Fire House, were destroyed. The crossing guard and his wife were killed in their home (next to the tracks) and many others were injured.
1971 Marshal Andrews, Village Clerk, retires after 31 years of service.
1981 Police Chief Bill Payne retires after 40 years of service to the Village.
2006 From June June 26 through June 28 the combination of tropical moisture and a stalled cold front produced record river flooding across portions of the Upper Susquehanna, Delaware and Chenango River Basins. River level reached 27 feet in Bainbridge.
Former Mayors*
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1829-1833 Richard Juliand
1834 William Sayre 1835 Levi Bigelow 1836-37 William Sayre 1838 Charles Nicholes 1839 Henry Redfield 1840 Elisha Bishop 1841 Hiram Schrom 1842 Arba Haynard 1843 Hiram Schrom 1844 Moses Burgess 1845 Blin Sill 1846 William Sayre 1847 Stephen Brown 1848 R. W. Juliand 1849 Stephen Brown 1850-51 Wm. H. McCollom 1852 Henry A. Clark 1853 William Sayre 1854 O.B. Tyler 1855 A.A. Comstock 1856 William Sayre 1857 Richard Griswold 1858 D. D. Bullock 1859-1860 H.A. Clark 1861 Joseph Kirby 1862 Aristo B. Smith 1863 William W. Davis 1864-65 Joseph Julian 1866 William W. Davis 1867 George Winsor 1868 Isaac Sterling 1869 Charles Bixby 1870-1871 Joseph Juliand 1872 Brown Dimmock 1873 William Davis 1874 Clark Butts 1875-76 Brown Dimmock 1877 William Davis 1878 Charles Priest 1879 Clark Butts 1880-82 Elliot Danforth 1883-84 Charles Bixby 1885 Chris Hynes |
1886-88 Isaac H. Wilsey
1889-90 Don A. Gilbert 1891 H.D. Copley 1892 C.M. Priest 1893-94 Isaac H. Wilsey 1895-96 Adelbert L. Palmer 1897-98 Don A. Gilbert 1899 Clarence E. Clark 1900-02 Clarence E. Clark 1903-07 J.M. Roberts 1908 Edward Danforth 1909 Ralph Kirby 1910 Frank J. Fletcher 1911-15 Thomas Collins 1916-18 George F. Lyon 1919-26 Homer O. Owens 1927 Herman C. Newell 1928-29 George E. Howland 1930-33 Austin Finch 1934 Fred Neidlinger 1935 A.R. Finch 1936-39 Orson Thorp 1940-41 Lincoln A. Orvis 1942-47 John Parsons 1948-51 Walter Roider 1952-53 Milton Simonds 1954-55 John A. Parsons 1956-59 Milton Simons 1960-61 John A. Parsons 1962-63 W.E. Vawter 1964-66 Raymond W. Holman 1967-71 William Croak 1972-79 Andrew Peterson 1980-82 Carl Hutchinson 1983 Louis Caracciolo 1984-87 James Monahan 1988-91 John Hyzer 1992-94 Floyd Prouty 1995-97 James Winn 1998-00 John Hyzer 2000-04 Andy Bauerle 2004 Tim Regan 2004-16 Phillip “Chick” Darling *From F. Prouty, “Our Village Government”, 1999 |
