Emmons G.H. Emmons settled in the township in 1856. His son moved his general store to the Emmons site in 1886. The town was incorporated in 1899. Freeborn Freeborn is located on the north bank of Freeborn Lake. N.Y. It was platted in 1856-1857.
Geneva is located at the head of Geneva Lake.
Glenville Glenville was first platted in 1856 as Shell Rock. It was incorporated as Glenville in 1898. The township was settled in 1857 and the village was platted in 1877. Hartland was named for a town in Vermont that was an early settler's home. The city was named for an early settler, David Hayward.