 The first town established was Robtown, by Michael and Issac Robison, a father and son pair, in 1822.Wiley H. Beckett, created the village of Genoa in 1841 and two years later, James H. Burnley, created the village of Rome.The towns combined when the Village was incorporated in on March 21, 1851, with Genoa being the western half and Rome being the eastern.