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The early settlers were Dutch, but later Quakers and New Englanders arrived. The town of Chatham was formed from the towns of Canaan and Kinderhook in 1795. Contradictory of its current condition or image, Chatham was an industrial center of multiple inter-state rail lines in the early 1900s, including the junction of the Boston and Albany Railroad for connections east and west, the Rutland Railroad for connections to Vermont to the north, and the New York Central's Harlem Line for connections to New York City.
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- 1854 - Chatham
Chatham, a post-township of Columbia county, New York, 18 miles 8. by E. from Albany, is intersected by the Western rail road. Population, 3839.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1895 - Chatham
Chatham, a post-township of Columbia co., N.Y., is intersected by Kinderhook Creek and the Boston & Albany and Harlem Extension Railroads. It...Read MORE... - 1900 - Chatham
The territory comprising the town of Chatham is made up in the western part of a portion of the Kinderhook patent and other smaller grants, and the...Read MORE... 
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The Falls, East Chatham, N.Y.
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Chatham, a post-township (town) of Columbia co., N.Y., is intersected by Kinderhook Creek. It contains villages named Chatham (in part), North...Read MORE...
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1854 - Chatham
Chatham, a post-township of Columbia county, New York, 18 miles 8. by E. from Albany, is intersected by the Western rail road. Population, 3839.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1895 - Chatham
Chatham, a post-township of Columbia co., N.Y., is intersected by Kinderhook Creek and the Boston & Albany and Harlem Extension Railroads. It... Read MORE...
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1900 - Chatham
The territory comprising the town of Chatham is made up in the western part of a portion of the Kinderhook patent and other smaller grants, and the... Read MORE...
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Chatham, a post-township (town) of Columbia co., N.Y., is intersected by Kinderhook Creek. It contains villages named Chatham (in part), North... Read MORE...
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