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  History of Canaan, New York, USA

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• 1854 - Canaan
  Canaan, a post-township of Columbia county, New York, 24 miles S. E. from Albany, is intersected by the Western railroad. Population, 1941.
  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.
  
  
• 1859
  CANAAN, a township of Columbia co., in the state of New York, 20 m. NE of Hudson, watered by tributaries of Kinderhook creek, and intersected by...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Canaan
  Canaan, a post-township of Columbia co., N.Y., about 20 miles N.E. of Hudson, is intersected by the Boston & Albany Railroad. It contains a...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1900 - Canaan
  This is one of the eastern border towns of the county, and is the second from the northern boundary. It was originally a part of King's district,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  Lake Queechy looking North from the Point, Canaan-Four-Corners, N.Y.
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  Lake Queechy, Canaan, N.Y., from the North-East
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  Residence. Lake Queechy, N.Y.
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• 1916
  Canaan, a post-township (town ) of Columbia co., N. Y., about 20 miles NE. of Hudson, is intersected by the Boston and Albany R. It contains a post-...Read MORE...