History of Norwich, New York, USA

Norwich, formed from Jericho and Union, as part of Tioga county, 19th Jan. 1793; area since much reduced by the abstraction of other towns; surface hilly, on the E. and W. with a broad vale running S. through the town, in which meanders the Chenango river, bordered by fertile and highly cultivated flats; the hills, where not still heavily timbered, are covered with grazing farms. More than half the town is under cultivation. Norwich, N. Norwich, White's Store, and King's Settlement are post offices. Norwich, the shire village, finely situated, upon a neck of land formed by the Canasawacta creek and the river, and on the Chenango canal, 100 miles W. from Albany, 245, from New York, and 332, from Washington City, surrounded by a highly fertile and well cultivated country; incorporated 17th April, 1816; contains the courthouse, jail, and county offices, 1 Episcopal. 1 congregationalist, 1 Baptist, and I Methodist, churches, an academy, a seminary for females, 2 printing offices, each...

Norwich, a post-village, capital of Chenango county, New York, is situated in Norwich township, on the Chenango river and canal, 50 miles S. S. W. from Utica. It contains churches of 4 or 6 denominations, a bank, 2 newspaper offices, and several mills and factories. Population of the township, 3615; of the village, estimated at 2000.

NORWICH was formed from Union (Broome Co.) and Jericho, (now Bainbridge,) January 19, 1793, and named from Norwich, Conn. Pharsalia, Plymouth and Preston were taken off in 1806; New Berlin and a part of Columbus in 1807, and North Norwich in 1849. A part of Preston was annexed in 1808, and a part of the same town was taken off in 1820. It is the central town upon the east border of the County. The surface consists of two high rolling ridges, separated by the valley of the Chenango River. The highest summits are about 500 feet above the valleys. The Ohenango River flows south through the western part, and receives the Canasawacta Creek and Mineral Spring Brook from the west, and Thompson, Ransford and Johnson Creeks from the east. Unadilia River forms the eastern boundary. The soil upon the up lands is a shaly and gravelly loam and in the valleys a gravelly loam and alluvium.

Norwich (p. v.) is delightfully situated upon the Chenango River, in the north-west part of the town, and...

During the recent meeting of the New York Dairymen's Association, Mr. Terry, of Norwich, N.Y., made an elaborate address on the subject of farm animals, which will be read with interest by dairymen and farmers everywhere. We have space only for the following leading points:

During the first cold storms in the fall many a mortgage is put upon our choicest cows. All stock should be sheltered early and during all cold, stormy weather. Give them light, warm and well-ventilated stables. No farmer can afford to feed his stock out in the field on the ground. In winter always feed in the barn and with a liberal hand.

Sometimes during the warm spring days I turn my stock into a dry field and feed them a little hay. I am convinced there is nothing gained by so doing, and I fear it is often done at a loss. If you ever have watched the stock of the enterprising farmer whose animals were well wintered you will find them to show the good effects through the summer season.

The labor and...

Later Returns From the Scene of the Disaster More Than Double the Number of Victims Fierce Battles With Wandering Lunatics - One Man Shot.
{Special to the Eagle.}
NORWICH, N. Y., May 9.
Later reports from the scene of the Chenango County Poorhouse fire indicate at least thirty people perished in the flames. Keeper MAINWARING, who was so completely dazed by the shock of the calamity, estimates the loss of property at $30,000 and the loss of lives at thirty.

The coroner holds an inquest to-day at this place over the remains of thirteen partially burned dead bodies. Two lunatics were captured late last night on Church Hill after a long and desperate fight. They had armed themselves with pickaxes and the sheriff was obliged to shoot one of them before they could be secured. The sickening stench of the burning bodies is very apparent in the neighborhood of the burned building. The origin of the fire is known to have been as follows: The pauper woman with the pipe in her dress who...

Norwich, a post-village, capital of Chenango co, N.Y., in Norwich township, in a valley on the Chenango River and the Chenango Canal, 41 miles N.N.E. of Binghamton, 54 miles S. by W. of Utica, and 216 miles N.W. of New York. It is on the New York & Oswego Midland Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. It is also the S.E. terminus of the Auburn Branch of the former road. It contains a handsome stone court-house, 8 churches, the Norwich Academy, 2 national banks, a graded school, 2 newspaper offices, a piano-factory, 1 or 2 blast furnaces, a manufactory of hammers, a brewery, a tannery, a foundry, a machine-shop, and several carriage-factories. Pop. 4279; of the township, 5935.

Norwich, a banking post-village, capital of Chenango co., N.Y., in Norwich township (town), in a valley on the Chenango River, 42 miles NNE. of Binghamton, on the New York, Ontario and Western and the Lackawanna Rs. It has railroad-shops, blast-furnaces, a manufactory of hammers, foundry, machine-shop, carriage-factories, furniture-works, etc. Pop. in 1900, 5766 ; of the town, 7004.

Norwich, Feb. 5. - Fire which started in the H. S. STARK 5 and 10-cent store in Broad street at 3 o'clock this morning destroyed that and four other wooden structures at a loss of $100,000. A brick block occupied by the Chenango National Bank was seriously damaged.
Among the firms whose property was destroyed are W. H. GRIFFIN, book store; MRS. J. J. BIXBY, E. GRAY, grocery store, and R. H. CHANDLEUR, jewelry shop.

Supreme Court Justice ALBERT F. GLADDING, who occupied offices in the brick building, lost a valuable library.

The insurance on all the property destroyed is said to cover less than half of the loss.

The firemen have been unable to learn definitely the origin of the conflagration, which will go down as one of the most disastrous in the history of Norwich.

Tonight two streams of water are being played on the ruins, which guards are watching the stubbornly smoldering mass to prevent the flames breaking out afresh or a flying spark from kindling another...