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WAYNE COUNTY. 695
boundary. Its surface is undulating, with a general inclination toward the lake. In several locali¬
ties are tracts of low marsh land. The streams are Wolcott and Big and Little Red Creeks, and
several smaller streams, which, flow n. into Lake Ontario. A part of Port Bay, in the n. w., Blind
Sodus Bay,1 in the n. e., and two smaller bays, extend inland from the lake. The soil is a sandy
and gravelly loam. Iron ore is found in the n. e. part. Wolcott, (p. v.,) near the s. w. corner,
was incorp. Feb. 24, 1852. It contains 4 churches, an academy,2 2 flouring mills, 2 sawmills, a
furnace and agricultural machine shop, carding machine, and carpet and coverlet factory. Pop. :
600. Bed Creek, (p-v.,) in the s.e. part, is incorp., and contains 3 churches, the Red Creek
Union Academy, 2 gristmills, 3 sawmills, a woolen factory, furnace, and tannery. Pop. in 1859,
597. Furnace Village,3 in the w. part, contains a furnace, sawmill, and 12 houses. The
first settlement was made by Jonathan Melvin, sen., on Lot 50, in 1805.3 The first settled minister
was Daniel S. Buttrick.5
Acres of Land, Valuation, Population, Dwellings, Families, Freeholders, Schools, Live
Stock, Agricultural Products, and Domestic Manufactures, of Wayne County.
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Acres of Land. |
Valuation of 1858. |
Population. |
01 |
8 |
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Schools. |
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Names of Towns. |
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$ |
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•2 |
£ |
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1 |
1
t§ |
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$ |
if
b, r. |
Total. |
1 |
"e
S
$ |
■&
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Childn
taught. |
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24,539 |
5,9674 |
$1,421,601 |
$101,728 |
$1,523,329 |
2,832 |
2,684 |
987 |
1,102 |
796 |
24 |
1,993 |
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|
15,316 |
6,920 |
580,494 |
21,850 |
602,344 |
1,126 |
1,099 |
414 |
438 |
360 |
12 |
815 |
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|
24,3014 |
10,625 |
1,381,393 |
367,578 |
1,748,971 |
2,706 |
2,475 |
924 |
995 |
490 |
18 |
1,850 |
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|
12,2204 |
7,692 |
575.999 |
31,444 |
607,443 |
985 |
896 |
386 |
384 |
315 |
12 |
775 |
|
|
15,917 |
5,230 |
1,355,531 |
313,950 |
1,669,481 |
2.604 |
2.601 |
874 |
978 |
676 |
13 |
1,849 |
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18,674 |
4,389 |
951,179 |
121,670 |
1,072,849 |
1,249 |
1,185 |
453 |
493 |
366 |
14 |
815 |
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|
14,3624 |
3,698 |
488,585 |
71,012 |
559,597 |
985 |
952 |
382 |
419 |
366 |
13 |
756 |
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13,8864 |
5,9784 |
464,509 |
72,588 |
537,097 |
1,222 |
1,101 |
451 |
466 |
371 |
11 |
943 |
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|
17,0994 |
4.2024 |
1,190,524 |
195,000 |
1,385,524 |
2,062 |
2,053 |
713 |
846 |
527 |
14 |
1.319 |
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|
13,2724 |
8,577 |
527,597 |
35,911 |
563,508 |
1,084 |
1,030 |
395 |
419 |
329 |
12 |
791 |
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|
11,2504 |
7,9674 |
455,362 |
8,000 |
463,362 |
951 |
811 |
343 |
349 |
212 |
13 |
719 |
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Sodus.................. |
29,9634 |
11,6974 |
1,085,811 |
116,089 |
1,201.900 |
2,331 |
2,207 |
908 |
932 |
777 |
23 |
1,880 |
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Walworth............ |
15,8584 |
4,605 |
578,442 |
82,470 |
660,912 |
991 |
973 |
390 |
417 |
347 |
11 |
703 |
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Williamson.......... |
14,796 |
5,802 |
*541,248 |
69,632 |
610,880 |
1,301 |
1,251 |
495 |
529 |
428 |
14 |
791 |
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Wolcott............... |
12,995 |
8,710 |
549,749 |
55,300 |
605,049 |
1,535 |
1,478 |
593 |
609 |
484 |
15 |
1,223 |
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•Total........... |
254,4514 |
102,0624 |
12,308,024 |
1,364,222 |
13,512,246 |
23,964 |
22,796 |
8,708 |
9,376 |
6,844 |
219 |
17,222 |
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Live Stock.
Agricultural Products.
Bush, of Grain,
Daiky Pko'ujcts. |
Names of Towns.
2,788
1,647
4,198
1,4381
2,-
1,924|
1,6321
1. ‘
ll
1,241
1,335
3,149
1.644
1,519
1,692
44,032
16,462
31,178
10.357
27.357
25,787
12,473
9,510
31,073
9,778
15,925
25,3965
12,500
8,803
9,103
5,331
15,112
16,278
4,844
4,128
9.900
18,763
17,400
14,816
7,075
2.290
9,755J
5,444
30,175
2,452
4,580
2,557
3,806
1,910
3,430
3,163
2,6834
2,6854
3,713
1,7244
1,904
5,0724
3,386
2,943
1,7134
38,424
51,981
49,588
20,361
51,526
27.949
34,035
17,431
33,113
28,535
14.907
70',448
21,170
32,702
17,456
140,054
97,571
140,558
59,850
89,472
77,662
96,550
86,375
105,711
66,330
69,216
177,259
68,464
91,822'
79,186
1,493
1,024
1,649
675
1,610
953
974
923
1,193
871
761
1,846
878
1,037
1,735
1,766
1,961
1,091
1,322
1,329
1,084
1.201
1,303
1,286
1,348
2-.516
1,148
1,278
1,327
Arcadia......
Butler........
Galen.........
Huron........
Lyons........
Macedon....,
Marion.......
Ontario......
Palmyra ....
Bose..........
Savannah...
Sodus.........
Walworth...
Williamson.
Wolcott .
Total.
21,695116,7691104,845' 29,799'
1,918,5724145,27141261,4031509,62611,446,0801 163,763,
180,099
140,631
199,092i
113,035
134.7521
110,8994
108,7444
83,6094
112,235
94,200
113,8534
207,538f
113,7044
93,427
112.7504
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and Lambert Woodruff, in the vicinity of Bed Creek, Noadiah
Child, in 1811, and Jacob Snyder, with his family of 10 children,
in 1813. The first death was that of a son of George Salmon.
Obadiah Adams kept the first inn, and Noadiah Child built the
first saw and grist mill, in 1814.
6 There are 8 churches in town; 2 M. E., 2 Bap., 2 Presb.,
E. W. Bap., and Meth. Prot. |
1
Named from the sandbar which stretches across its mouth
from the w. shore.
2
The Leavenworth Institute, incorp. in 1859; named from
Isaac Leavenworth, who contributed one-half the total cost.
3
« 4 Among the other early settlers were Adonijah Church, from
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