Essex County, NY

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)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
New York

Essex County, New York (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
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 Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 118.
Birthplace of
Name Type
Elizabethtown, NY City or Town
Minerva, NY City or Town
North Elba, NY City or Town
Port Kent, NY City or Town
Date Title
Lawrence (KS) Herald of Freedom, “Old John Brown,” October 29, 1859
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