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Stockton Town Board Holds Organizational Meeting, Elects Officers

STOCKTON — The Stockton Town Board recently held its organizational meeting and the installation of elected officers.

The board is entering its 199th year, having the first meeting in April 1821. The current board includes Supervisor Dave Wilson, councilmen Bryan Meder, John Beichner, Stan Zembryski, and treasurer Allen Chase. Katie Palmer is the town clerk; Aaron Burnett is the highway superintendent; Mark Cunningham is the town justice; and John Sipos is the town historian.

At the time of the first board meeting in April 1821, Calvin Warren was the supervisor and John Curtis was the town clerk. The name for Stockton was after Richard Stockton who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

In that year, there were 12 town roads, and each one had its own supervisor.

There were 1,600 residents in the town that year, and the first post office was a mile south in the area known as Oregon.

The four corners was known as Bear Lake Corners, and most people shortened the name to “The Corners.”

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

Delanti was suggested, which meant a place of paradise where the wildflowers bloomed with much color, and the animals ran freely.

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

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