History of Cambridge, New York, USA

Journey back in time to Cambridge, New York, USA

• 1854 - Cambridge
  Cambridge, a post-township of Washington county, New York, 33 miles N. N. E. from Albany. Population, 2593.
  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.
  
  
• The Village of Cambridge was a quiet rural community until 1855, when the Albany & Rutland Railroad connected it to Rutland VT, to the north and New York's Capital District to the South.
  
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• 1859
  CAMBRIDGE, a township of Washington co., in the state of New York, 34 m. NE of Albany. It is level, and is watered by the Hoosic river and its...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• The Village of Cambridge was incorporated in 1866, combining the hamlets of Cambridge and North White Creek. About one-third of the Village is in the Town of Cambridge, and two-thirds in the town of White Creek.
  
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  1866 - Residence of J.H. Balch, Former Residence of J. Lee, Esq., Cambridge, Washington County, N.Y.
  
  The Topographical Atlas of Washington County New YOrk, Stone and Stewart, 1866.
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•  1873 - SERIOUS ACCIDENT Two Men Killed and Eleven Wounded Near Cambridge, N. Y.
  Special Dispatch to the New-York Times.
  
  CAMBRIDGE, N. Y., March 30. - The New York and Montreal express-train, on the Rensselaer and Saratoga...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1884 - A VILLAGE ON FIRE. ACKLEY HALL AND OTHER BUILDINGS IN CAMBRIDGE DESTROYED.
  Cambridge, N. Y., Dec. 23. - This morning, at 2 o'clock, Ackley Hall, which was used as a roller skating rink, was discovered to be on fire. The...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Cambridge
  Cambridge, a post-village of Washington co., N.Y., in a valley, on the Rensselaer & Saratoga Railroad, 35 miles N.N.E. of Albany, and 12 miles S. of...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Residence of J. B. Rice, Cambridge, N.Y.
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  Union School
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• 1916
  Cambridge, a banking post-village of Washington co., N.Y., on the Delaware and Hudson R., 35 miles NNE. of Albany. Pop. in 1900, 1578.
  Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
  
  
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  Hotel Cambridge, Cambridge, N.Y.
  The Original Home of Apple Pie A-La-Mode
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