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Stockton Board Holds Historic Meeting

Shown in the photograph at the Stockton Town Board meeting are Aaron Burnett, highway supervisor, councilmen Bryan Meder and John Beichner, treasurer Allen Chase on video camera, and town supervisor David Wilson.

STOCKTON — The Stockton Town Board meets once a month for a general meeting, and the recent one held in April was on the “eve” of the first town board meeting held 198 years ago in April 1821.

Town Supervisor Dave Wilson remarked that on the 200th anniversary, the board will meet on the exact day to celebrate. The Stockton Town councilmen include Bryan Meder, John Beichner, Allen Chase as the treasurer, and Stan Zembryski. Katie Palmer is the town board clerk. Aaron Burnett is the highway superintendent and Mark Cunningham is the town justice.

At the time of the first Stockton Town Board meeting in April 1821, Calvin Warren was the supervisor and John Curtis was the town clerk.

Stockton was named after Richard Stockton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. At that time, there were 12 roads, and each road had its own supervisor.

There were 1,600 residents in the town at that time, and the first post office was located one mile south in the area known as Oregon. The four corners in Stockton was called Bear Lake Corners, and most people shortened it to “The Corners.”

In 1833, the people wanted a different name, and a group of men met together in the red one-room school house and talked to the teacher to find a name.

Lorraine Danforth, the teacher, suggested the name Delanti, which meant a place of paradise where the wildflowers bloomed with much color, and the animals ran freely. The name was accepted immediately.

The name Delanti was used for years, and today, the four corners is known as Stockton.

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