Thursday, April 16, 2009

1824 Gazetteer Entry Continued

There are 2 Dutch Reformed churches, and 9 schoolhouses and schools: 6 grist mills, 9 saw mills, 3 fulling mills, and 2 carding machines. The first settlements commenced about the year 1770, but the inhabitants were driven off during the Revolutionary war, and returned with the peace. The Post-Office is near the SE. corner, on the river-road, 14 miles E. of Herkimer Court-House. Population 1,777. This town was formerly in Montgomery County, and was attached to Herkimer in 1817, with Salisbury and Danube.

According to the 2006 Herkimer County Directory, the Town of Manheim has 3,171 inhabitants. Dolgeville is the only Village in the town with 2,166 inhabitants..

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