Claibourne was first established as a stop on the New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio Railroad in 1880-81, through the efforts of G. M. Warner. In 1879 a US post office was established at the train stop. The first postmaster was G. M. Warner. The village was formally surveyed on March 14, 1881 by Frederick J. Sagerand William Joliff, Jr. It originally contained 39 lots on 10 3/4 fourth acres of land. The first houses were by 1881. A Methodist Protestant Church was built in this budding little village in 1880. Today all that remains of the village are two churches and a handful of houses. This village is located at the present day corner of Claibourne Road and Bethlehem-Claibourne Road. In the early 1880s a brick schoolhouse was built in this village.
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