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

                             ERIE COUNTY

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        NEWSTEAD - was formed from Batavia, (Genesee co.,) as "Erie," April
     11, 1804; its name was changed April 18, 1831. It is the N.E. corner
     town of the co. A limestone terrace extends through near the center of
     the town. North of this the surface is level, in many places marshy;
     and the soil is a clayey loam intermixed with marl and sand. To the S.
     the surface is level, or gently undulating, and the soil a sandy and
     clayey loam underlaid by limestone. The town is watered by several
     small streams, the principal of which is Murder Creek.(5) A layer of
     hydraulic limestone crops out along the terrace, and waterlime is
     extensively manufactured from it. AKRON,(6) (p.v.,) incorp. Oct. 1850,
     is a station on the Canandaigua & N.F. branch of the N.Y.C.R.R., near
     the center of the town. It contains 4 churches and several
     manufacturing establishments.(7) Pop. 462. FALKIRK, 1 mi. E. of Akron,
     is a hamlet. The first settlement was made in the early part of the
     present century.(8) The first religious society (M. E.) was organized
     in 1807, with 12 members, at the house of Charles Knight, by Rev.
     Peter Van Nest and Amos Jenks.  There are 4 churches in town.(9)

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        (5) Called by the Indians "See-un-gut," noise or roar of distant
            water. The creek was named from the fact that about the time of
            the first settlement a white man was murdered upon it, within
            the present village limits of Akron, by an Indian who was
            conducting him to Canada.

        (6) Named from Akron, Ohio, and the latter from a Greek word
            signifying "summit."

        (7) 2 gristmills, 2 sawmills, 1 waterlime mill, 1 furnace and
            machine shop, 1 planing mill, 1 stave and shingle mill, and a
            tannery.

        (8) Among the early settlers were Otis Ingalls, David Cully, Peter
            Van de Venter, Sam'l Miles, John Felton, Charles Barney, Aaron
            Beard, Robt. Durham, Tobias Cole, and Sam'l, Silas, John, and
            Thomas Hill. Peter Van de Venter kept the first inn, in 1802,
            and Archibald Clark the first store, in 1809. The first schoool
            was taught by ____ Keith, in 1807.

        (9) Bap., Presb., M. E., and R. C.

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