Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
ESSEX COUNTY, situated in the northeasterly part of New York, on the westerly side of Lake Champlain. Area, 1,779 square miles. Face of the country hilly and mountainous; soil generally sterile. Seat of justice, Elizabethtown. Pop. in 1810, 9,477; in 1820, 12,811; in 1830, 19,387; in 1840, 23,634; in 1850, 30,993. (Fanning's, 1853)
Note Cards
Places
Name | Type |
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Elizabethtown, NY | City or Town |
Minerva, NY | City or Town |
North Elba, NY | City or Town |
Port Kent, NY | City or Town |