Headnote
OSWEGO COUNTY, situated on the northwesterly boundary of New York, with Lake Ontario on the northwest, Oneida lake on the south, and traversed by Oswego river. Area, 923 square miles. Face of the country hilly; soil of middling quality. Seats of justice, Oswego and Pulaski. Pop. in 1820, 13,374; in 1830, 27,104; in 1840, 43,619; in 1850, 62,198. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
New York

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

Gazetteer/Almanac
OSWEGO COUNTY, situated on the northwesterly boundary of New York, with Lake Ontario on the northwest, Oneida lake on the south, and traversed by Oswego river. Area, 923 square miles. Face of the country hilly; soil of middling quality. Seats of justice, Oswego and Pulaski. Pop. in 1820, 13,374; in 1830, 27,104; in 1840, 43,619; in 1850, 62,198.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 278.
Date Type
Snowstorms hit western New York State Crime/Disasters
Name Type
Albion, NY City or Town
Middlefield, NY City or Town
New Haven, NY City or Town
Oswego, NY City or Town
Larry Gara's Liberty Line in Oswego County, New York, 1838-1854: A New Look at the Legend
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