Norwich, New York, USA (White Store)
1836 - Norwich

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 issuing a weekly journal; the bank of Chenango, incorporated 21st April, 1818, capital $120,000; charter extended 29th April, 1829, to the 1st Jan. 1856; many mechanic shops, several manufactories, and about 250 dwellings. A sulphuretted hydrogen spring, 2 miles from the village, is much used in cutaneous disorders.

Gazetteer of the State of New York, Comprehending Its Colonial History, General Geography, Geology, and Internal Improvements, Its Political State, a Minute Description of Its Several Counties, Towns, and Villages, Statistical Tables, Exhibiting the Area, Improved Lands, Population, Stock, Taxes, Manufactures, Schools, and Cost of Public Instruction, in Each Town : with a Map of the State, and a Map of Each County, and Plans of the Cities and Principal Villages – Thomas Francis Gordon, 1836, Page 392



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