Annsville is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Oneida County, New York
Oneida County is a county in the state of New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 232,125. The county seat is Utica. The name is in honor of the Oneida, one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois League or ''Haudenos ...
, United States. At the 2010 census the town population was 3,012. The town is named after Ann Bloomfield, wife of a founder.
The Town of Annsville is in the northwestern part of the county.
History
Annsville was settled in April 1793 when John W. Bloomfield moved from
Burlington, New Jersey
Burlington is a city in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 9,743.
Burlington was first incorporated on October 24, 1693, and was r ...
to what is now the hamlet of
Taberg
Taberg () is a locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County
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, and erected a
saw mill
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and a
grist mill
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.
[Our County and Its People:A Descriptive Work on Oneida County, New York, Daniel Elbridge Wager, The Boston History Company, 1896][History of Oneida County New York, Samuel W. Durant, Philadelphia, Everts & Gariss, 1878]
Land
Annsville's territory is land first acquired by John and Nicholas Roosevelt in 1791 from the New York State Land Commission. This
patent
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was for 530,000 acres situated in present
Oswego and
Oneida
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* Oneida language
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* Oneida Na ...
counties. Approximately 499,000 acres of the Roosevelt Tract became ''Scriba’s Patent'' in 1793 as partial payment of debts owed to the Scriba Bank by the Roosevelts. The land was divided into Townships at this time. Annsville contains portions of towns 1,2,3, and 8.
Early Settlers
Early settlers of the northern part of the town include Benjamin, Jonathan, James, and Abraham Morton (brothers) who arrived from
Springfield, Massachusetts
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in June 1803. Daniel Miller arrived from
Granville, Massachusetts
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in 1804. Jonathan and Samuel Stanford arrived in 1805, and Peter Abbott,
revolutionary war veteran, from
Windham, Vermont
Windham is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 449 at the 2020 census. The town center village is designated as the Windham Village Historic District.
History
Windham was part of Londonderry until after 1792 a ...
in 1806.
Also arriving in 1806 was Elias Brewster, who moved from the nearby town of
Western
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, having arrived there from
Connecticut
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in 1790. Other settlers to the town were Adam P. Campbell, Nicholas Armstrong, and Dan Taft.
Commerce
In addition to farming, much of the early economic activity was related to
lumber
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, made possible by the abundance of trees and the water power of streams to run saw mills. Lumber and various lumber products were manufactured in large quantity.
Pig iron
Pig iron, also known as crude iron, is an intermediate product of the iron industry in the production of steel which is obtained by smelting iron ore in a blast furnace. Pig iron has a high carbon content, typically 3.8–4.7%, along with silic ...
was produced by the Oneida Iron and Glass Manufacturing Company from around 1811.
The railroad reached Annsville with the construction of the Watertown & Rome Railroad, later the
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad
The Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad was a railroad that grew, in stages, from Rome, New York to Watertown and then to Ogdensburg, New York and Massena, New York. The original Rome and Watertown Railroad terminated in Cape Vincent, NY on ...
, with a station near the hamlet of Taberg in the 1840s.
Civic Formation
The town was formed on April 12, 1823, from land taken from Lee, Florence, Camden and Vienna. The town was named after Ann Bloomfield, wife of John W. Bloomfield. The first town meeting was held on March 2, 1824. The following positions were filled:
Town supervisor
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,
Town Clerk
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,
Assessors (3), Commissioner of Highways (3),
Overseers of the Poor
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England
In England, overseers of the poo ...
(2),
Collector, Commissioners of Schools (3), Inspectors of Schools (3),
Constable
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s (3),
Poundmaster
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s (2).
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (0.48%) is water.
The northern town line is the border of
Lewis County, directly northwest of the town of
Taberg
Taberg () is a locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County
Jönköping County ( sv, Jönköpings län) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, ...
.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 2,956 people, 1,061 households, and 790 families residing in the town. The
population density
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was 49.1 people per square mile (19.0/km
2). There were 1,144 housing units at an average density of 19.0 per square mile (7.3/km
2). The racial makeup of the town was 96.75%
White
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, 2.33%
African American
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, 0.24%
Native American, 0.07%
Asian
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, 0.10% from
other races
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, and 0.51% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 0.88% of the population.
There were 1,061 households, out of which 38.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.4% were
married couples
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living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.5% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.16.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 29.8% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.8 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $35,804, and the median income for a family was $42,841. Males had a median income of $30,000 versus $21,541 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the town was $15,012. About 8.7% of families and 12.4% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 19.7% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
Communities and locations in Annsville
*Blennes Corner – A location in the southwestern part of the town.
*Blossvale – A
hamlet
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near the southern town line, named after the Bloss family, who were early settlers of the area. A former railway station was located here
*
Bowman Hill – An elevation located northeast of Taberg.
*
Corkin Hill – An elevation located north of Pond Hill. Partially in the Town of
Florence
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.
*
Finn Hill – An elevation located north of Taberg.
*Glenmore – A hamlet in the south central part of the town.
*McConnellsville – Home to Harden Furniture Co. one of the largest employers in town.
*
Pond Hill – The area surrounding "Mack Pond", west of Taberg on
Route 69.
*
Taberg
Taberg () is a locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County
Jönköping County ( sv, Jönköpings län) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, ...
– A hamlet in the southeastern part of the town on Route 69.
State Forests
The following
New York State Forests
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are located wholly or partially in Annsville:
*Cobb Brook State Forest
*Fall Brook State Forest
*Fish Creek State Forest
*Furnace Creek State Forest
Notable person
*
Calvin Kingsley
Calvin Kingsley (8 September 1812 – 6 April 1870) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church elected in 1864.
Birth and family
Kingsley was born in Annsville, Oneida County, New York, US, the first child and eldest son of Ore ...
, (1812–1870), born in Annsville, became a
bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
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.
Notable event
On the night of April 14, 1907, a two
engine
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Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power gen ...
, sixty-car freight train derailed, killing one
fireman
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. See
Blossvale crash of 1907.
References
External links
History of Annsville, NY
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Utica–Rome metropolitan area
1823 establishments in New York (state)
Populated places established in 1823
Towns in Oneida County, New York