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ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY. 583

WADDISfCtTOKr—■was formed from Madrid in 1859. It lies on the St. Lawrence, n. e. of
the center of the co. The surface is level or gently undulating. It is watered by Great and Little
Sucker and Brandy Brooks. The soil is a light, sandy loam, generally fertile. Upon the St. Law¬
rence are rapids affording an immense amount of water-power. Waddington¹ (p. v.) is situated
on the St. Lawrence, opposite Ogdens Island and the “ Rapide Plat.” The rapids at this place
impede navigation,² but furnish abundant water-power, The entire fall is 11 ft. Pop. < 05. The
first settlement was made along the St. Lawrence, in 1798, under Joseph Edsall,³ agent of the pro¬

prietors.^4,5

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

Names of Towns.	Acres of Land.				Valuation of 1858.						Population.				Mo. of Dwellings.		No. of Families.		£ 1		Schools.
	•e 0 1		Unimproved.		\| Real Estate.		Personal Property.		Total.		Males.		Females.								o*'£	s {
	18,280		40,725		$445,160		$5,250		$450,410		1.514		1,454			487		507	435		13	1.248
	34,101		29,593		1,343.81(		148.680		1,492,490		2,497		2,498			874		880	806		27	2,005
	3,460		127.293			166,908	4.750			171,658		546		494		209		212	140		7		492
De Kalb.....................	22,658		26,616			473.808	11,200			485,008	1,360		1,316			482		511	319		22	1,065
	12,334		13,706			327,990	13.550			341,540		599		564		195		196	153		10		502
	7,834		19,285			170,213	12,850			183,063		625		555		208		210	211		9		589
	1,824		93,932			55,197				55,197		172		144		57		57		>6	. 4		162
	15,732		12,687			296,498	3,225			299,723		814		806		292		303	241		14		688
	25,111		12,157			753,248	43,200			796,448	1,406		1,450			498		512	399		20	1,146
	15,701		18,823			339,875	7.300			347,175		970		905		314		320	112		U		705
	12,537		12,258			254,593	4.500			259,093		854		794		289		305	244		10		663
	■ 12,641		36.427			480,803	29,350			518,153		775		779		293		267	241		18		861
	17,338		7,905			421,801	68	,900		490,700	1,226		1,139			457		473	407		15		987
	36,959		24,491			825,780	7	,780		833,560	2,622		2,487			907		905	761		33		2.348
	15,367		23,881			320,211	3,850			324,066	1,087		1,033			345		356	338		14		917
	10,435		29,765			192,660	'			192,660		749		717'		260		124	221		13		663
	32,788		28,551		1,119,225		69.350		1,188,572-		2,435		2,427			844		877	736		25.		1,884
	19,620		9,037			389,57'	63,385			452,959	1,341		1,360			459		468	341		19		1,227
	19,407		24,691			372,17<	21,750			393,920	1,049		1,062			399		399	281		16		889
	12,286		9,459			359,320	29,550			388,870		882		922		341		350	310		12		758
Oswegatchie...............	26,669		12,496		2,416,555		1,149,035		3,565,590		5,033		5,027		1,658		1,474		1,096		24		4,509
	20,528		42,602			367,230	22,800			390,030	1,054		1,060			395		395	404		15		760
Pierrepont..................	10,339		115,121			274,845	3,200			278,045		906		928		348		347	309		18		7 SI
Pitcairn.....................	3,900		20,767			79,960		945		80,905		269		262		106		106	.89		6		215
Potsdam....................	40,297		20,521		1,528,40c		244,300		1	772,705	3,328		3,303		1,126		•1,191		1,015		34		2,238
Rossie..,.....................	8,482		12,911			270,410	7,260			277,679		752		728		252		314	153		10		750
Russell......................	12,080		38,068			305,11:	10,300			315,411	1,115			993		399		392'	262		15		750
Stockholm.................	30,846		21,763			706,69]	25,600			732,291	1,954		1,836			697		726	610		27		1,619
Total..................	499,554		8S5,531		15,066,06]		2,011,860		17,077,921		37,934		37,043		13,191		13,177		10,690		377	10,997
	Live Stock.										Agricultural Products.												5“
								Bosh, of Grain.				5> .8						Dairy Products,
Names of Towns.																• <?
	tt	8	<3 $									*		,5		42
	n	15	1 §			If	•!	s						-g e		IT	Si	s s	S
				6						$		tS		cqft,		K\|V		£05					Q.a
Brasher.....................	664	1,745		1,633		2,363	854	1,669		31,450		4,440		26,317		200		135,320			24.982		3.368
Canton...,...................	1,906	2,991		3,927		6,165	1,802	1,848		61,525		11,192		36,454		3,546		30,840		252.988			4,514
Colton........................	135		218	369		373	131	459		8,221		2,503		8,434				10,340			950		256
De Kalb......................	598	1,961		2,426		1.281	841	1,020		41,92"	4	6,050		15,495				206,370		233.965			3,889
De Peyster..................	499		836	1,442		4,334	480	738		28,311		2.556		7,985		1,173		136,950			12.200		1,632
Edwards....................	320		914	1,017		1,490	446	1,5304		17,877		2,205		12,640			8	92,909			26.023		2,565
Fine..........................	32		156	109		147	99	352		3,776		304		3,546				10,900					481
Fowler......................	529.	1,228		2,072		1,509	638	1,091		32,324		4.353		9,988		165		159,870		128,044			927
Gouverneur...............	679	1,486		2,924		2,735	830	1,533		55,052		5.170		16,653		410		278,023		254,561			1,876
Hammond..................	770	1,266		1,421		3,441	830	1,702		67,006		3,665		6,576		2,342		112,821			52,750		2.507
Hermon:....................	406	1,524		1,753		998	418	164		26,214		3.621		8,057		832		136,615		155,500			2,133
Hopkinton.................	450	1,031		948		2,919	745	3,256		19.387		2,7	86	24,046		3,566		82,627			15,190		1,274
Lawrence....................	590	1,665		1,621		3,328	655	1,495		29,106		4,776		50,285		1,107		140,525			31,725		1,823
Lisbon.......................	1,717	3.057		3,507		7,513	1.904	1,618		50,888		10,681		52,804		9,693		349,863			16,245		12,811
Louisville..................	724	1,851		1,611		3,974	949	1.556		46.228		4,686		18,053		4,067		148,730			4.880		4,461
Macomb.....................	367		979		81	1,250	444	1.557		18,225		2,536		10,683		194		95,850			7,069		2,379
Madrid.......................	1,461	2,805		3.693		7,085	1,820	2,050		86,43		9,454		46.05^-5		8,711		339,082		122,620			9,974
Massena....................	901	2,358		1,817		5,535	1,194	1.997		50,802		6,501		20,542		4,920		148,570			24,940		2.159
Morristown................	1,032	1,437		1,850		2.458	1,080	4,154		52,7924		5,133		9,811		7,335		196,289			11.928		5.392
Norfolk.....................	- 477		807	1,066		2.034	605	456		20,631		'3,738		16.968		5.7	98	87,970			24,845		2,268
Osrvegatchie...............	1,409		2,265	2,616		3,971	1,619	5,826		7 5,057 4		7,7	04	24.380		8,7	89	191,901			3.570		5,314
Parish ville.................	735	1,693		1,656		5,389	813	3,9	79	45,110		4,584		29,110		4,377		168,890			58,307		3.178
Pierrepont........_v.........	399		797	978		1,203	392	2,100		20,106		2,466		12.328		2,141		80,643			17,290		1.846
Pitcairn.....................	134		239	300		258	203	146		11,726		554		8.314				3,270			500		699
Potsdam.....................	■ 1,505		2,804	4,997		4.554	1,954	1,833		61,419		13,397		60,108		14,553		452,116			44,608		4.443
Rossie........................	382		771	1,086		1,290	398	893		25,3054		2,055		8,054			46	110,119			14.880		1.172
Russell......................	358		1,800	1,518		2.046	73C	343		30,918		3,912		11,670		2,108		104,170			87.320		2,975
Stockholm..................	1,082		3,303	2,823		6,811	1,212	5,140		50,5211		8,378		58,667		4,416		257,236			45.119		3,567
Total.................	20,261	44,247'52,161				86,454	24,086	50,5054		1,068,3444		139,400		604,023		90,497		4,268,809		1,672,999			'89,863

John Tuttle, Benj. Bartlett, Godfrey Myers, Benj. Campbell,
E. Demick, Amos Wells, Asa and Jason Fenton, Charles North,
Wm. Powell, and R. C. Hepburn, Ira Hitchcock, T., A., R., and
W. Rutherford. J. H. Hawley kept the first inn; j. Redington
was first justice of the peace; Dorothy Fields taught the first
school. Mills were built at Waddington, in 1803-04. •

⁴ There are 6 churches in the town; 1 Presb., 1 Epis.. 1 M.E.,
1 R. C., 2 Scotch Presb.

6 Pop. I860, 2,735; village, 789.

Named from Joshua Waddington, proprietor. Formerly
called “ ffamilton.” Incorp. April 26,1839. A furnace, supplied
with hog ore, was established here in iS34; but it was abandoned
in 1840. A tract of 1,135 acres on the shore opposite the island,
together with the island and water-power, were conveyed in
1811 to Joshua Waddington and Thos. L. and David A. Ogden.

In 1808-11-15, acts were passed to improve the navigation at
this place, and a lock was built for the passage of small boats.

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