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OSWEGO COUNTY.    529

River. The surface of Fish Creek at Williamstown Mills, in the s. e. part, is 354 feet above Lake
Ontario, and the hills in the n. e. are 200 to 300 feet higher. The greater part of the town is yet
unsettled. The soil is a moderately fertile sandy or gravelly loam. Lumber and leather are the
principal manufactured products. Williamstown, (p.v.,) on Fish Creek, in the s. part, is a
station on the W. & R. R. R. Pop. 240. Kasoag, (p.v.,) a little w. of the center, is a station
on the W. & R. R. R. and contains about 25 houses. The first settlement was made in 1801, by
Gilbert Taylor, Solomon Goodwin, Ichabod Comstock, Dennis Orton, Henry Williams, and Henry
Filkins.1 The first church (Cong.) was founded in 1805, by Rev. Wm. Stone.2

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

Albion...........

Atnboy .

Boylston ....

Constantia......

Granby..........

Hannibal........

Hastings........

Mexico...........

New Haven.....

Orwell...........

Oswego City...,
Oswego-Xown.,

Palermo.™.......

Parish............

Redfield..........

Richland........

Sandy Creek....

Schroeppel.....

Scriba.............

Voiney .

West Monroe...
Williamstown,
Total......


Names of Towns.

Acres of Land.

Valuation of 1858.

Population.

1

1

o'

£

i

$

*

4

;§

o

is

Schools.

1

1

'i

!

g.

1

Real Estate.

Personal

Property.

Total.

I

Females.

v|

Children

taught.

Albion....................

9.196J

16,109

$262,340

$7,750

$270,090

1,147

1,065

413

435

375

14

926

Amboy...................

6,327*

18.070*

105,160

5,550

110,710

636

536

215

222

190

7

445

Boylston.................

5,486

17,379

70,117

1,300

71,417

424

391

144

146

145

6

278

6,161

28,660

324,299

15,100

339,399

1,591

1,764

592

632

442

12

1,306

Granby..................

16,458

13,574*

608,863

20,270

629,133

1,963

1,784

694

767

458

18

1,520

Hannibal................

15,094|

12,035

410,170

13,650

423.820

1.555

1,473

590

639

511

17

1,117

Hastings.................

13,252j

14,010

645,900

44,300

690,200

1,610

1,459

581

608

505

17

1,399

Mexico...................

20,206*

8,011

533,030

95,400

628,430

2,015

2,007

782

831

743

19

1,375

New Haven.............

11,410*

7,603

283,880

41,195

325,075

1,011

1,001

396

433

344

11

730

Orwell....................

8,537*

17,345

170,581

7,000

177,581

669

589

241

260

232

9

517

Oswego City............

2,042

783*

4,262.372

1,401,410

5,663,782

8,022

7,794

2,618

2,962

1,77'

22

5,987

Oswego-Town..........

12,242*

7.494*

559,736

26,900

586,636

1,428

1,332

523

545

293

15

1,154

Palermo..................

12,238*

12,777

347,670

18,100

365,770

1,048

975

424

457

277

i 14

784

Parish....................

9,010*

15,921

241,014

16,975

257,989

875

800

323

337

295

12

752

Redfield..................

5,988*

51,835

181,547

7,455

189,002

452

346

144

158

139

9

393

Richland................

19,632

11,859

709,161

881,950

791,111

2,079

1,933

735

677

520

23

1,660

Sandy Creek............

16,738

6,559*

410,995

34,300

445,295

1,175

1,098

418

488

337

16

1,019

Schroeppel..............

18,055*

11,619

603,290

24,100

627,390

1,937

1,810

686

756

443

16

1,459

Scriba.....................

14,398*

8,936

1,417,675

30,800

1,448,475

1,539

1,419

558

587

532

16

1.293

Voiney...................

16,141

12,521*

574,963

44,250

619,213

3,365

3,111

1,166

1,343

855

18

2,310

West Monroe...........

5,237*

14,663*

120.390

5,700

126,090

631

586

224

241

204

9

513

Williamstown.........

5,271*

20,281*

140,161

3,100

143,261

490

463

182

187

170

7

312

Total..............

244,126

328,047*

12,983,314

1,946,555

14,929,869

35,662

33,736

12,649

13,711

9,781

307

27,249

Names of Towns.

Live Stock.

Agricultural Products.

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Dairy Products.

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£

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£

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<3-5

429

813

769

1,296

705

4,349

42,716*

22,193*

1,755*

20,454

8,020

83,800

10,550

1,821

220

622

464

854

404

1,251

1,273*

7,184

6,248

45,822

1,314

1,432

169

. 314

570

460

308

881

19,196

1,063

5,871

2,731

36,860

70,522

1,264

392

540

457

996

654

2.767

27,952

108,261*

1,208

9,000

5,050

47,885

1,050

837

903

1,381

1,120

3,025

1,600

2,900*

3,409

36.795

25,932

105,210

3.201

1,893

1,097

1,490

1,317

2,215

1,887

3,289*

6.258

101,995

3,570

31,255

37,664

127,843

13,756

1,295*

669

1,180

956

2,692

1,243

70,766

2,527*

18,041

20,016

87,643

5,641

2,549

1,007

1,656

2,290

3,170

1,994

4,714*

109,560

5,376

51,244

40.064

204,992

130,915

2,070*

531

1,250

1,048

1.878

886

1,558*

47,495*

2,655*

18,716

35,141

133.550

15,804

122,780

1,027

278

596

580

53

909

594

582

194

470

1,204

3.572

'292*

35,744

4,305*

1,766

492

9,631

1,910*

4,244

5,225

105,324

3,400

1,052

748

884

936

1934

1,060

1,720

48.183

4,054

19,928

16,830

97,306

3,530

363

591

1,146

1,005

2.331

1,074

5,037*

64,211

2,874*

24,640

30,885

107,315

12,050

1,444

403

835

822

1,263

900

2,264

40,613*

1,808*

14,350

16,099

81,655

15,100

2,242

162

420

757

451

176

180

15,218*

2,352

5,786

327

33,980

151.900

284

866

1,678

2,244

3.042

1,513

2,259

97,019*

5,077

30,962

47,315

174,675

139,117

123,970

1,931

557

1,134

1,583

2,126

1,139

5,786

64,207

3,346*

14,370

24,873

167,575

2,220

1,087

760

1,275

1,054

2,768

1,155

2,243

83.548

3,313*

14,689

13,356

81,222

44,555

691

931

1,174

1,302

1,080

2,727

1,686

36,261*

4,756*

21,652

33,325

159,514

11,490

906

904

1,096

1,124

2,185

1,606

76,339*

4,367

1,403*

23,235

39,370

102,652

58,451

1,351

249

519

465

907

465

1,183*

25.251

7,142

7,943

47,609

8,357

916

176

392

325

417

313

1,234

17,510

689*

5,057

5,257

28,800

2,950

632

12,398

20,189

21,983

36,088

21,836

58,153*

1,158,647

58,138

391,912*

425,915

2,036,174

975,461

28,617

gristmill, in 1804. The first store was opened in 1806, by Danl.
Freeman. The first school was taught by Philander Alden, in
1803.

2 There are now 2 churches in town; Cong, and M. E.

1

The first marriage was that of Joel Rathburn and Miss P.
Alden, in Sept. 1802; and the first death, that of Mrs. Sarah
Orton, in the spring of 1804. Isaac Alden opened the first inn,
in 1803, built the first sawmill, the same year, and the first


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