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Somerset is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 2,662 at the 2010 census. The town is believed to be named after Somerset, New Jersey, the source of some early settlers.
Carlton is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 2,994 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from Carleton, a shipbuilding district near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Gaines is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 3,378 at the 2010 census. The town is named after General Edmund P. Gaines, who defended the area during the War of 1812.
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Fancher is a hamlet in the town of Murray in Orleans County, New York, United States. It is named after Edward Fernando Fancher, a native of Durham in Greene County, New York, United States. Fancher was a minister and farmer who first settled in Carlton and then in Gaines before relocating to Murray. In 1887 he partnered with Charles F. Gwynne in the quarrying of Medina Sandstone. The following year he opened his own quarry on land purchased near Hulberton. After the establishment of a post office, the small settlement was named in Fancher's honor due to the massive quantity of sandstone shipped from the location by way of the Erie Canal and New York Central Railroad. Fancher served as the general manager of the Orleans County Quarry Company and was one of the more prominent quarry owners in Orleans County.
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Millville is a hamlet in the town of Shelby in Orleans County, New York, United States. First settled in the mid-1810s, Millville grew as a result of the mills located there to tap the abundant water available in the three streams that run through the hamlet. T.O. Castle & son mercantile in 1830. In its early days, before the clearing of the land reduced the volume and regularity of the water volume in the streams, the hamlet could claim three saw mills, a grist mill and a turning mill. In the 1870s, the hamlet had an academy, three churches, a grocery, dry goods store, tannery, foundry, wagon shop, school, post office, and a cluster of about 30 houses. In 2007, the Millville Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Kuckville is a hamlet in the town of Carlton in Orleans County, New York, United States. It is named after Rev. George Kuck, an immigrant from Toronto, Ontario, Canada who settled in near the shore of Lake Ontario in 1815. Kuck established the first grocery store north of the Ridge Road in Orleans County in 1816 and was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Hulberton is a hamlet in the town of Murray in Orleans County, New York, United States. It is named after Isaac Henry Scott Hulbert, a native of Pittsfield in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. Arriving first at Sandy Creek in 1824, Hulbert soon relocated the following year to the nearby hamlet of Scio. The location prospered along the Erie Canal where Hulbert engaged in the produce business. On March 6, 1830 he was selected at chairman of the building committee for the Methodist Episcopal Church and was a long-time Justice of the Peace.
Eagle Harbor is a hamlet in the town of Gaines, in Orleans County, New York, United States. It was said to have been named due to the discovery of a large bird's nest, presumably an eagle's nest, when the Erie Canal was surveyed. A clearing was made by Steven Abbott around 1811-12, but the location did not experience significant growth until the construction of the Canal. In 1894, the village contained three general stores, a hotel and livery stable, a barrel factory, two blacksmiths, a wagon shop, church and washing machine factory, meat market, grist mill, warehouse, two churches, two schools, and approximately 350 inhabitants.
East Gaines is a hamlet in the town of Gaines in Orleans County, New York, United States. In 1826, Peter Runion constructed the East Gaines Hotel, later known as the Perry House, which became an important location for settlers traveling by way of Ridge Road. The hamlet contained a post office, store, blacksmith shop, a Baptist church, and twelve to fifteen houses in 1894.
Hindsburg is a hamlet in the town of Murray in Orleans County, New York, United States. It is named after Jacob Hinds, a native of Arlington in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. Hinds settled in Murray around 1829 and purchased a farm from Jared Luttenton who had previously constructed a dwelling on the lot. The area quickly became a point of shipping for wheat and produce by way of the Erie Canal and a warehouse was constructed by Hinds in 1830. With no stops between Albion and Hulberton prior to the establishment of Hindsburg, commerce grew quickly and businesses opened in the vicinity.
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- ↑ "U.S. Geographic Names Information System" . Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- 1 2 3 Signor, Isaac S. (1894). Landmarks of Orleans County New York. Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Company. p. 654.
Coordinates: 43°20′22″N78°9′37″W / 43.33944°N 78.16028°W
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