West Monroe is the youngest and the second smallest town in Oswego county. It was formed from Constantia on the 21st of March, 1839, and is the original twelfth township of Scriba's patent, the patentee, George Scriba, giving it the name of "Delft," from a city near Rotterdam in the province of South Holland. It lies on the northern shore of Oneida Lake, a little east of the southern-central part of the county, and is bounded on the north by Parish, on the east by Constantia, on the south by the lake, and on the west by Hastings. It comprises an area of 20,076 acres.