Editing Earlville, New York (section)

== History ==
The area was first settled around 1792 and was originally called "Forks" or "Madison Forks"<ref>{{Cite web |access-date=February 4, 2023 |title=Official Town of Hamilton website |url=https://www.townofhamiltonny.gov/about/pages/history}}</ref> until the current name was adopted around 1835, after development of the [[Chenango Canal]]. It was named for the builder of the Chenango Canal. After canal transportation waned, railroad service helped community commerce.

Earlville became an incorporated village in 1887. The [[Earlville Historic District]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1982.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> The [[Earlville Opera House]] was listed in 1973 and houses a theater, two art galleries, an arts cafe, and an artisan gift shop.<ref name="nris"/>