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The Town of Batavia gave birth to Elba on March 14, 1820, which at that time included the land now known as Oakfield, covering an area of some 38,000 acres. Over twenty-two years later, on April 11, 1842, Oakfield was separated from Elba, leaving it to it present size of 22,631 acres.
The village of Pine Hill developed at the four corners where the lands of early settlers Asa Babcock, Charles Woodworth, John Wyllis and Thomas Davis met. It seemed a likely spot, with the crossroads and the traffic passing through to the lake in the north and Batavia to the south.
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