Editing Gaines, New York (section)

== History ==
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The '''Town of Gaines'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Town of Gaines – Orleans County, NY |url=https://www.townofgaines.org/ |access-date=March 15, 2022 |website=www.townofgaines.org}}</ref> was established in 1816 from a partition of the [[Ridgeway, New York|Town of Ridgeway]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Town of Ridgeway |url=http://ridgewaysc.org/ |access-date=March 15, 2022 |website=ridgewaysc.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Town of Ridgeway – For the people, by the people… |url=https://townridgeway.org/ |access-date=March 15, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Town of Ridgeway, Iowa County, Wisconsin {{!}} Official Website |url=https://townofridgeway.org/ |access-date=March 15, 2022 |website=townofridgeway.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to the Official Website of Iowa County, WITown of Ridgeway |url=https://www.iowacounty.org/municipality/town-of-ridgeway |access-date=March 15, 2022 |website=www.iowacounty.org}}</ref> before Orleans County<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Orleans County, NY |url=https://orleanscountyny.com/ |access-date=March 15, 2022 |website=orleanscountyny.com |language=en}}</ref> was established.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Editor |first=Tom Rivers |title=Orleans County celebrates 200 years with ceremony at courthouse {{!}} Orleans Hub |url=https://orleanshub.com/orleans-county-celebrates-200-years-with-ceremony-at-courthouse/ |access-date=2025-05-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1890, the population of Gaines was 2,070.