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The Town of Whitestown was formed in 1788, before the creation of Oneida County, with a size of 12 million acres. Whitestown was founded by Hugh White after he scouted the land in 1784 by way of traveling the Mohawk River. On June 5, 1784, White and his family came upon the mouth of the Sauquoit Creek and settled in the forests that would become Whitestown.
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- 1854 - Whitesborough
Whitesborough, a handsome post-village in Whitestown township, and semi-capital of Oneida county, New York, on the Mohawk river, the Erie canal, and...Read MORE... 
1858 - Dreadful Railroad Accident!
Morning Herald Office.
UTICA, May 12. - A frightful Railroad accident occurred this morning at 6 ½ o,clock, on the Central Railroad, by the...Read MORE...- 1862 - Whitestown
WHITESTOWN, named from Hugh White, the pioneer settler, was formed March 7, 1788. It originally included an indefinite amount of territory, now...Read MORE... - 1869 - Whitestown
WHITESTOWN, named from Hugh White, the pioneer settler, was formed March 7, 1788. It originally included an indefinite amount of territory, now...Read MORE... - 1895 - Whitesborough
Whitesborough, whits’bür-rüh, or Whites’town, a post-village in Whitestown township, Oneida co., N.Y., on the Mohawk River, the Erie Canal, and the...Read MORE... 
View on Main Street Looking West, Whitesboro, N.Y.
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Sauquoit Creek, Whitesboro, N.Y.
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Main Street, looking West, Whitesboro, N.Y.
Postcard- 1905 - WRECK ON THE CENTRAL. ENGINE EXPLODED JUST AS ANOTHER TRAIN WAS PASSING.
Every Car Blown From the Rails – Two Railroad Men Killed and Several Passengers Injured.
One of the strangest wrecks in the history of railroading ...Read MORE... - 1906
Whitestown, a township (town) of Oneida co., N.Y. Pop. in 1900, 6235. See also Whitesboro.
Whitesboro, a post-village in Whitestown township...Read MORE...
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Whitestown, New York, USA
 - View on Main Street Looking West, Whitesboro, N.Y.)
View on Main Street Looking West, Whitesboro, N.Y.
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Whitestown, New York, USA
 - Sauquoit Creek, Whitesboro, N.Y.)
Sauquoit Creek, Whitesboro, N.Y.
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Whitestown, New York, USA
 - Main Street, looking West, Whitesboro, N.Y.)
Main Street, looking West, Whitesboro, N.Y.
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1854 - Whitesborough
Whitesborough, a handsome post-village in Whitestown township, and semi-capital of Oneida county, New York, on the Mohawk river, the Erie canal, and... Read MORE...
1858 - Dreadful Railroad Accident!
Morning Herald Office.
UTICA, May 12. - A frightful Railroad accident occurred this morning at 6 ½ o,clock, on the Central Railroad, by the... Read MORE...
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1862 - Whitestown
WHITESTOWN, named from Hugh White, the pioneer settler, was formed March 7, 1788. It originally included an indefinite amount of territory, now... Read MORE...
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1869 - Whitestown
WHITESTOWN, named from Hugh White, the pioneer settler, was formed March 7, 1788. It originally included an indefinite amount of territory, now... Read MORE...
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1895 - Whitesborough
Whitesborough, whits’bür-rüh, or Whites’town, a post-village in Whitestown township, Oneida co., N.Y., on the Mohawk River, the Erie Canal, and the... Read MORE...
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1905 - WRECK ON THE CENTRAL. ENGINE EXPLODED JUST AS ANOTHER TRAIN WAS PASSING.
Every Car Blown From the Rails – Two Railroad Men Killed and Several Passengers Injured.
One of the strangest wrecks in the history of railroading ... Read MORE...
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1906
Whitestown, a township (town) of Oneida co., N.Y. Pop. in 1900, 6235. See also Whitesboro.
Whitesboro, a post-village in Whitestown township... Read MORE...
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