Gazetteer of New York, 1860 & 1861, page 306

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306 ESSEX COUNTY.

gravelly loam, and is moderately fertile. Whiteface,¹ belonging to the Adirondack Range, has an
elevation of 4,855 feet above tide. Wilmington (p. v.) contains 20 houses. Settlement was
commenced, near the close of the last century, by Thaddeus and Leonard Owen, and Paul Thayer.²
The first church (M. E.) was formed in 1799.³

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

	Acres op Land.		Valuation op		1858.	Population.		§>	i		Schools.
Names of Towns.	1	'§	\|					§ Cl	S	1	42
		\|		l &		£			>	.§
	§<	1	e $	1*	£	,e	£	4		1		P
Chesterfield...............	15,309	21,897	$442,920	$148,950	$591,870	1,661	1,666	559	636	288	13	1,339
	17,489*	9,961	361,535	' 23,800	385,335	1,167	1,049	394	435	297	20	998
	9,487*	34,094	138,905	24,050	162,955	734	668	232	252	175	9	595
	14,857	4,405	338,236	132,800	471,036	1,042	1,073	359	358	195	12	730
	13,687	28,859’	209,264	46.250	255,514	1,4-58	1,392	452	501	292	12	1,070
	7,537	79.165	71,316	£00	71,816	386	388	143	155	128	7	. 380
	14,068	27,246	165,108	2,000	167,108	934	869	321	325	251	16	717
	5,329*	143,215	97,459	5,951	103,410	403	364	144	148	133	7	309
	13,281	27.511	570,316	20,700	591,016	1,590	1,530	494	592	317	15	1,224
Newcomb...................	950	89,964	154,142	2,000	- 156,142	130	96	38	39	21	4	72
North Elba...............	2,008	88,912	73,795	800	74.595	175	126	53	60	61	4	117
North Hudson............			51,897		51,897	275	244	80	79	41	4	161
	1,107*	31,433	41,060		41,060	155	134	57	58	42	2	98
Schroon.....................	15,712*	131,485*	250,833	11,375	262,208	1,145	940	348	378	284	16	776
Ticonderoga...............	15,059	12,075	371,232	45,275	416,507	1,072	1,053	409	435	197	14	878
Westport...................	17,077*	16,052	375,537	16,250	391,787	1,044	997	396	408	207	12	814
Willsborough............	14,316*	7,7464	284,549	22.960	307,509	842	833	1390	312	212	12	654
Wilmington...............	8,168	20,174	44,107	2,207	46,314	435	469	358	168	112	9	418
Total.................	185.443*	774,195*	1 4,042,211	505,868	4,548,079	14,648	13,891	5,227	5,339	3,253	194	11,350

	Live Stock.					Agricultural Products.							21
						Bush, ob Graik.		Si		^ .	Dairy Products.		21
Names op Towns.								tq		^ .	o‘	&
	i	s ^e S	•	a,		b	<a s	o*	21		•§ b S B	K i	•SS'B
	§	o H <3 ^.OO	8	50	1	5	§	e e	pq	In’ B5 ^N
Chesterfield...............	537	902	764	2,281	492	490	28,164	3,591	25,293	1,088*	46,929	4,594	43
Crown Point..............	702	1,900	842	7,589	778	3,716	52,227	3.991*	37,865	9,060	49,791	9,266	450
Elizabethtown...........	304	690	472	1,620	297	402	13,424*	1,690*	9,832	3.036	28,020	2,550	198
Essex.......................	528	1,172	718	6,340	456	333	35,598*	3,969*	10,965	8,812	42.515	8,371
Jay...........................	401	1,396	735	2,325	557	1*430	39,648*	2.597	32,192	1,598	61,245	6,390	589
Keene.............‘..........	162	625	353	1,673	201	232*	10,816*	1,315	11,663	884	21,257	2,290	1,117
Lewis........................	443	1,071	635	4,159	427	3,220*	22,673*	2,287*	19,892	3,599	50,985	7,920	1,012
Minerva....................	139	376	250	732	184	148	11,941*	1,134	10,855	2,171	17,666	240	471
Moriah.....................	651	1,152	764	3,316	485	651	30,047*	3,253*	26,211	4,092	53,685	8,000	407
Newcomb..................	26	76	53	73	30	124	2,360	204	4.500		3,065
North Elba...............	57	234	142	344	76	457	7,447	413	10,140		7,856	170	186
North Hudson...........	15	7	21		18
St. Armand...............	42	102	79		152	200	4,901	322*	36,005		8,430	300
Schroon....................	426	1,067	638	1,568	571	505*	29,528	3.121	23,378	3,385	55,980	6,508	792*
Ticonderoga...............	623	1,348	663	4,497	590	1,496	47,209	4,169	16,513	7,995	56,126	5,378	133
Westport..................	498	1,022	623	5,231	506	181	31,468	3,047*	12,999	6,815	45,713	8,377	285
Willsborough............	448	1,087	654	4,941	556	1,633	37,656*	3,075	19,729	10,638	50,718	22.430	194
■Wilmington...............	147	591	343	965	128	622	7,477	958	9,989	1,027	25,561	810	583
Total.................	6,149	14,818	8,749	47,654	6,504	15,841*	413,588*	39,139*	318,021	64,200*	625,542	93,594	6,460*

Z. Gray, and Nathl. Warner. The first marriage was that of
Danl. Hamblin and Keziah Ray; and the first death, that of
John Blanchard. Esther Kellogg taught the first school; Reu
ben Sanford kept the first inn, Elias Wilson the first store, and
Leonard Owen built the first mill.

² The census reports 2 churches; Cong., M. E.

Whiteface derives its name from a landslide, which has laid
bare the rocks upon its s.e. slope, giving it a whitish gray
appearance. This mountain is nearly isolated; and from its
summit is obtained one of the finest and most extensive views
in Northern N. Y.

Among the other early settlers were Cyrus Wilson, Isaac

Pack, Reuben and Daniel Hamblin, Danl. Ray, John Blanchard,

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