JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEW YORK

TOWN OF HOUNSFIELD

A detailed 1864 town MAP showing residents.
An 1864 map of The Village of Sackets Harbor
1918 TOWN OF HOUNSFIELD FARM MAP

Hough's History - Town of Hounsfield (in Part)
"The Old Historic Village Awakening" (Sackets Harbor) - from Shirley Farone's site

A list of POSTMASTERS in the town in existing and discontinued postoffices.

1810 Census--Town of Hounsfield

1820 Census - Town of Hounsfield

Town of Hounsfield 1890 Census of Civil War Veterans
Civil War Soldiers Buried in the Town of Hounsfield
Town of Hounsfield Clerk's Records of Civil War Soldiers

1863 Civil war draft and exemption list

Family sketches from CHILD'S GAZETTEER for the town of Hounsfield.
Child's Business Directory for the Town of Hounsfield.
Haddock's Family Sketches - Town of Hounsfield

Bartlett's Cemetery Inscriptions for the Town of Hounsfield.

Vital Records 1847-1849 for the Town of Hounsfield.

American Local History Network Hounsfield Site
Another List of Hounsfield Pioneers

NORTHERN NEW YORK BUSINESS DIRECTORY 1867-68 SACKETTS HARBOR

HOUNSFIELD

Jefferson County maintains Town contact information on their site

History of the Town of Hounsfield 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 Hounsfield, taken from A HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK by FRANKLIN B. HOUGH, A. M., M.D., linked from Shirley Farone's Home Page.

A List of People who contributed information concerning the Town of Hounsfield in 1878 to Durant and Peirce's History of Jefferson County

History of Hounsfield taken from Durant and Peirce's History of Jefferson County, 1878.

On 20 Jun 1801, Augustus Sacket bought the land now comprising the Town of Hounsfield. He named the new town after an Englishman, Ezra Hounsfield, a businessman who once owned the southern part of the township. Mr Sackett began at once to make improvements in the town, and to build himself one of the most pretentious houses in the area. February 17, 1806, the town was created. Hounsfield is best known for its historical connection with the War of 1812, a battle of which was fought at Sacketts Harbor, which was one of the best known Great Lakes ports of its day. Madison Barracks, still standing, were built of stone to house troops of the War of 1812. It was the center of operations during the embargo period and the War of 1812. Perhaps four fifths of the town's population of 1200 suffered some loss during that war.

Hounsfield lies in the center of the western boundary of Jefferson county, and is bounded north and west by the Black River and by Black River and Henderson Bays, and is thus washed by the waters of Lake Ontario. It includes the Galloup Islands, one over 2,000 acres and the other about 48; Stony Island of some 1,500 acres, and Calf Island, some 34 acres. The Town of Brownville is to the north of Hounsfield, the Town of Watertown to the east, while Adams and Henderson are on its south.

East Hounsfield and Sackets Harbor are the only centers of population within its borders, but Dexter and Brownville are on its borders. Camp's Mills was once a hamlet.

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Tourist Information

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

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