Cayuga County, New York, USA
1854 - Cayuga

Cayuga, a county near the centre of New York, has an area of about 752 square miles. It is partly bounded on the N. by Lake Ontario, and on the W. by Cayuga lake, and is drained by the Seneca river, Owasco creek, and other smaller streams, which furnish abundant water-power. Owasco lake, in this county, is a beautiful body of water, 10 miles long. The surface is undulating ; the soil is generally very productive and well cultivated. Wheat, Indian corn, oats, and grass are the staples. In 1850 this county produced 704,954 bushels of corn ; 46*8,730 of wheat; 735,441 of oats; 72,590 tons of hay, and 1,673,316 pounds of butter. There were 33 flour and grist mills, 72 saw mills, 2 cot ton factories, 8 woollen factories, 3 carpet factories, 10 iron foundries, and 19 tanneries. It contained 87 churches and 7 news paper establishments. There were 14,686 pupils attending public schools, and 607 at tending academies or other schools. Water- limestone, gypsum, and limestone are found here in abundance. This county crossed by by the two Rochester and Syracuse railroads, and by the Erie canal. Capital, Auburn. Population, 55,468.

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.

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