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Public Institutions & Infrastructure

The first school in Baldwin opened in 1819 in a log cabin in North Chemung. Classes were taught by John Tuthill, Jr. A permanent schoolhouse was built in 1821. There were seven one-room schools in the town by the late 1800s. The first post office opened in 1843 in North Chemung and a second one was established in Hicks in 1871. Daily mail delivery began two years later and rural home delivery started in 1904. Telephone service to the town also arrived in 1904 when the North Chemung Telephone Association was formed. It took 25 more years for electricity to come to the town. The first power lines were run in 1929.

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