Gazetteer of New York, 1860 & 1861, page 249

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COLUMBIA COUNTY. 249

landing¹ and a station on the Hudson It. It. B. Coxsackie Stali©i2, on the Hudson R. R. R.,
has half a dozen houses. At this place is a ferry to Coxsackie, (Greene co.,) on the opposite side
of the river. The first settlement was made by the Dutch about the period of the English conquest.²
There are 3 churches in town.³

TACitSIIvAAICIv⁴—was formed from Livingston as “ GrangerMarch 19, 1803. Its name
was changed March 25, 1814, and Copake was taken off in 1824. It is an interior town, lying s.
of the center of the co. The surface is hilly. Taghkanick Creek is the principal stream. Its
banks are low and rocky, and upon it are numerous mill sites. The soil is a gravelly and slaty
loam. The hills are generally arable to their summits, although some are wooded and rocky.
West Tilgilkitmck (p.v.) contains 1 church, a gristmill, and 14 houses. Taglakanieli
(p.o.) and l¥ew Forge are hamlets. The first settlements were made by German and Dutch
settlers, among whom were families named Brises, Shurts, and Shoefelts. A tract of about 600
acres, called Taghkanick, included in this town, was purchased by Robert Livingston in 1685.
The first church (M. E.) was organized in 1843. There are now 2 churches in town; Evang.
Luth., and M. E. '

Acres of Land, Valuation, Population, Dwellings, Families, Freeholders, Schools, Dim
Stock, Agricultural Products, and Domestic Manufactures, of Columbia County.

	Acres op Land.		Valuation op 1858.			Population.		1	i		Schools.
Names op Towns.	'S & £	1 I	Heal Estate, j	\| Personal : Property.	Total.	Males.	j Females.	£	I .6 tei	Freeholders.	No. of Districts.	Children taught.
Ancram....................	21,135	5,784	$625,300	$49,900	$675,200	929	872	284	323	17i	n	. 757
Austerlitz..................	22,805	4,987	401,800	68,450	470,250	796	822	323	354	228	15	574
Canaan.....................	16,501	5,218	447,810	66,100	513,910	9S9	957	359	426	235	9	634
Chatham...................	26,856	4,381	1,094,968	271,730	1,366,698	2,030	1,993	724	821	460	20	1,497
Claverack.-...............	25,055	4,916	927,201	138,353	1,065,554	1,654	1,709	569	519	444	14	1,179
Clermont...................	10,231*	2,047	279,057	151,331	430,388	538	520	183	183	136	6	383
Copake.....................	18,344	4,524	433,820	100,250	534,070	838	782	271	269	180	9	542
Gallatin.....................	17,588	6,151	288,924	126,069	414,993	778	739	260	272	166	7	672
Germantown..............	5,768	573	220,407	100.305	320,712	573	558	175	. 193	132	5	446
Ghent.......................	22,506	5,420	881,504	92,103	973,607	1,272	1,265	412	471	237	10	700
Greenport..................	9,866	1,549	357.280	222,600	579,880	685	698	215	242	146	4	445
Hillsdale...................	21,058	5,641	462,830	132.050	594,880	1,101	1,093	394	366	273	18	979
Hudson.....................	373	77	1,000,500	1,350,042	2,350,542	3,120	3,600	895	1,365	500	4	2,390
Kinderhook...............	15,865	2.811	721,857	994,240	1,716,097	1.800	2,064	671	743	•161	10	1,528
Livingston.................	20,648	2,055	592,072	254,500	846,572	1,025	1,039	328	370	204	12	932
New Lebanon............	16,218	3,804	286.090	104.000	390,090	1,151	1,178	352	370	291	15	821
Stockport..................	5,650	901	233,818	64.250	298,068	776	845	282	304	125	4	519
Stnyvesant................	10,820	2,448	450;7 52	203,000	653,752	974	963	316	354	287	6	849
Taghkanick...............	16,991	5,968	283,980	63,106	347,086	828.	837	274	291	178	8	656
Total.................	304.277*	69,255	$9,989,970	$4,552,379	$14,542,349	21,857	22,534	7,287	8,236	4,554	188	16,503

Agricultural Products.

	Daiby Pbodccts.		£ ■S
II .	Pounds Butter, \|	'1 «‘ s 1 © ^ BhQ	Domestic Manufac in Yards
14.580	91,035	300	230
12,526 14,702	98,665	8,300	151
12,526 14,702	75,080	12,385	1,017
17,532	130,875	10,284	321
18.581	107,575	1,168	522
6,508 11,671	42.045	1,168	487
6,508 11,671	72,295	1,220	305
7,662 3,959 7.914	69,075 33,068	750	1,208
7,662 3,959 7.914	104.023-	100	105
9,493	45,088	250	68
26.585 270	98,767 1,700	5,061	236
7,876	64,640	626	13
9,440	90,246	144	139
22,436 5,170	84,022 26.173	25,794	3,016
5,689	45,468	255	59
7,748	67,588	530	698
210,342	1,347,428	67,167	8,575

	Live Stock.
Names op Towns.
	Horses.	sas	Cows.	§i §	•1
Ancram..........*..........	510	1,268	852	11,381	3,835
Austerlitz..................	514	800	827	8,485	1.19.3
Canaan.....................	454	690	678	8,711	1,013
Chatham...................	897	1,338	1,452	6,579	2,924
Claverack..................	841	964	1,113	4,573	2.888
Clermont..................	378	289	595	2,539	1,355
Copake.....................	436	981	804	7,211	2,837
Gallatin....................	520	1,035	837	5,135	2,530
Germantown..............	220	189	435	243	723
Ghent.......................	806	962	981	4,469	2,272
Greenport..................	346	366	498	740	925
Hillsdale...................	538	866	893	5,900	2.189
Hudson.......-............	248	7	118		512
Kinderhook...............	542	642	639	3,865	1,639
Livingston.................	611	597	995	3,954	1,859
New Lebanon.............	448	833	925	9,230	972
Stockport..................	133	203	327	87	250
Stuyvesant................	180	347	650	1,442	532
Taghkanick...............	. 481	799	881	3,005	2,123
Total.................	9,103	13,176	14,500	87,549	32,568

Bcsh. of Gkain.

3,3S3
3,698
3,078
4,283
6.050
3,242-
3,011
2,848
2,229
4,815
3.926
A258
178
2,802
4,997
4,783
1,
2,934
2,694

22.298*

12.821

12,325

40,844

49,049

14,867

40,774

28,431

5,736

50,172

12,324

26,367

160

33,911

49,238

8,809

2,784

10,552

31,546

453,008*

101.274

47,564

60,779

110,398

68,701*

22,806*

71,454

55,373

7.920

71,132

19,915*

73.928

936

99.730

51,295

9.786

27,619

37,114

987,172*

65,103

* Evang. Luth., Ref. Prot. D., and M. E.

A Pronounced Toh-konhiick, and supposed to signify “ Water
Enough.” Upon this side of Mt. Tom, in Copake, was formerly
a spring which was a favorite resort of the Indians; and hence
the name “ Taghkanick” for the locality.

2 propellers, owned by parties here, ply on the Hudson and
run from this place.

Among the early settlers were families by the names of Van

Alstyne, Van Allen, Van Ness, Van Slyke, Van Dyke, Van

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