Town of Henderson

A detailed 1864 town MAP showing residents. (681K file)
An 1864 map of The Village of Henderson
1918 TOWN OF HENDERSON FARM MAP

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A new Town of Henderson Website

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History of the Town of Henderson linked from Shirley Farone's Home Page taken from CHILD'S GAZETTEER OF JEFFERSON COUNTY by HAMILTON CHILDS, published in 1890, transcribed by Shirley Farone.

History of the Town of Henderson from "RAY'S PLACE"from OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE by EDGAR C. EMERSON, 1898

When Benjamin Wright surveyed the town now known as Henderson in 1796, he called it "a pretty good town," with a good harbor, plenty of desirable timber in the interior, and fine mill sites below the pond, though none above. He called Stony Creek the largest stream in the township, and mentioned its pond and the 400 acre cranberry marsh about it. In 1801 the township was subdivided into lots, and sales of the lots began that year, but no permanent settlement or improvement was made until the following year. Henderson, named for William Henderson, the original owner of what is now the Towns of Pinckney in Lewis County, as well as Henderson and Rutland and part of Worth, is bounded by Lake Ontario on the west and north. Adams is its eastern neighbor, and Ellisburgh lies to the south. Henderson's villages include Henderson, once called Salisbury's Mills, Henderson Harbor, and Smithville, which lies partly in the Town of Adams.

From the 1864 Jefferson County Atlas: a summary of statistics for Henderson

ACRES OF LAND
  Improved                   16,885 
  Unimproved                  6,616

VALUATION
  Real Estate               463,295
  Personal Property          70,500
  Total                     533,795

POPULATION
  Males                       1,151
  Females                     1,108

Number of Dwellings             401

Number of Families              430

Freeholders                     322

SCHOOLS

  Number of Districts           13

  Children Taught              810

LIVE STOCK

  Horses                       776

  Working Oxen and Calves    1,621

  Cows                       1,368

  Sheep                      3,975

  Swine                        838

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

  Bushels of Grain

    Winter                   7,350

    Spring                  71,899 

  Tons of Hay                3,219 1/2

  Bushels of Potatoes       12,016

  Bushels of Apples         24,532

  Dairy Products            
    Pounds of Butter       136,048 

    Pounds of Cheese        36,937

YARDS OF DOMESTIC MANUFACTURE 1,561