Editing Guilford, New York (section)

== History ==

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The land was purchased from the [[Oneida people]] in 1785. The town was first settled ''circa'' 1787. One of the first settlements was in what is now known as East Guilford, by the Mercereau brothers (who were [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] spies for [[George Washington]]). They built a mill on Guilford Creek at Indian Orchard Falls, along the Catskill Turnpike.

Guilford was formed from the town of [[Oxford, New York|Oxford]] in 1813 as "Eastern". The name became "Guilford" in 1817. The town was called by an older name, "Fayette", for the early part of its history during the time it was in [[Tioga County, New York|Tioga County]].