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Gazeteer of the State of New York
J. H. French, 1860

                             ERIE COUNTY

  [-291-]

        HAMBURGH (2) - was formed from "Willink," (now Aurora,) March 20,
     1812. A part of Evans was taken off in 1826, East Hamburgh in 1850,
     and a part of West Seneca, as "Seneca," in 1851. It lies on the shore
     of Lake Erie, near the center of the W. border of the co. Its surface
     in the E. is rolling; but in the W. it is nearly level, with a gentle
     inclination toward the lake. A bluff averaging 50 to 100 feet high
     borders the lake. The principal stream is Eighteen Mile Creek. The
     soil is mostly a clayey loam; in the S.E. corner it is gravelly.
     WHITES CORNERS, (p.v.,) on the N. branch of Eighteen Mile Creek, in
     the S.E. part of the town, contains 5 churches, a gristmill, a
     sawmill, a tannery, and has a pop. of 609; WATER VALLEY, (p.v.,) on
     the same stream, W. of Whites Corners, contains a woolen factory, a
     furnace, and 20 houses; ABBOTS CORNERS, (Hamburgh p.o.,) on the line
     of East Hamburgh, contains 2 churches, a sawmill, a shingle mill, and
     145 inhabitants. BIG TREE CORNERS and HAMBURGH-ON-THE-LAKE are p.
     offices. The first settlement was made in 1804, by Nathaniel Titus and
     Dr. Rufus Belden.(3) There are 7 churches in town.(4)

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        (2)Named from Hamburgh, in Germany.

        (3) Benj., Enos, and Joseph Sheldon settled in the town in 1805,
            and John Fox and Elisha and David Clark in 1806. The first
            marriage was that of Ezekial Cook and Anna Smith, in 1807.
            Nath'l Titus kept the first inn, in 1804; and John Cummings
            built the first mill, in 1805.

        (4) Bap., F.W. Bap., Evang. Luth., M.E., and R.C. at Whites
            Corners, and M.E. and Presb. at Abbotts Corners.

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