The first settlement of the Town of Sherburne took place near the village around 1792 and was incorporated in 1830.

What people have received a greater legacy from their forefathers than the people of Sherburne? The boon of freedom, from tyranny and oppression, almost every one of the original, and many of the early settlers with them, were personally active in obtaining, which together with the beautiful landscape that adorns the banks of the Chenango, as a well watered garden, and was made such by the sweat of their brow, they have bequeathed to us. These organized churches, religious and literary institutions, so prominent in our midst, after being watered by their tears, and nourished by their prayers, they have handed over into our hands for safe keeping. May we ever have their names in grateful remembrance, imitating their virtues, and transmitting this inheritance unimpaired to our prosperity.