Mooers, New York, USA
1862 - Mooers

MOOERS, named from Maj. Gen. Benj. Mooers, an early settler and prominent citizen of the county, was formed from Champlain, March 20, 1804. Ellenburgh was taken off in 1830. Its surface is generally level with a gentle northeasterly inclination. The principal. streams are Great Chazy and English Rivers. The surface is entirely underlaid by Potsdam Sandstone. and is covered with a light sandy soil. Along the north border are several small swamps. Upon the Canada line in the northwest corner, is a remarkable chasm in the rocks; called The Gulf; it is 16 rods wide and 300 feet deep. At its bottom is a pond of water said to be 150 feet deep. The walls are of sandstone and perpendicular. No existing agencies could have produced the chasm. The lumbering business is carried on in town to a large extent.

Centerville, (Mooers Forks, p. o.) upon the Chazy River, is a station of the O. R. R.

Mooers upon the Chazy, in the east part, contains several stores and mechanic shops. It is half a mile, south of the junction of the O. and P. &~ M. R. R's. Angelville upon- Corbean Creek is a hamlet in the southeast corner of the town. The first settler was Joshua C. Bosworth, who located in town in 1796. The town has an. area of 50,320 acres.

Gazetteer and Business Director of Franklin and Clinton County..., Hamilton Child, 1862

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