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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.

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Schools.

Names of Towns.

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£

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£

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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

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Dairy Products.

Names op Towns.

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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.


1

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.

2

Among the other early settlers were Cyrus Wilson, Isaac

3

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


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