Village of Sherburne, Chenango County New York

Town of Sherburne, Chenango County, New York

Village of Sherburne

Sherburne is a pleasant little village with broad and handsomely shaded streets, and in some measure supplied with good substantial flag walks. It is situated a little south of the center of the town, east of Chenango River, on the line of the Utica, Chenango & Susquehanna Valley railroad. It is distant about 10 1/2 miles from Norwich and five from Earlville. It contains six churches, (Congregational, Baptist, M. E., Universalist, Catholic and Episcopal) a Union Free School, with academic department, one newspaper office, (The Sherburne News) a National bank, a cotton factory, sash and blind factory, a carriage factory, a planing and grist-mill, a pottery, a steam sawmill, a small foundry, three hotels, various stores, five blacksmith shops, (kept by Solomon Crowell, James Stack, George Shaw, Henry DeMarse and James Connolly) a cabinet shop, (kept by Isaac Plumb) a wagon shop, (kept by Charles Hibbard) a harness shop, (kept by H. I. Matteson) two tailor shops, (kept by John Williams and E. Caley) and a population of 902.

The village was incorporated April 16, 1830, but the records prior to 1863 are lost.

Following are the village officers elected May 6, 1879:--

Trustees--Hollis Rowland, Enos A. Caulkins, Charles Todd, Ira M. Slater.

President--Walter Elsbre.

Clerk--Robert A. Kutschbach.

Treasurer--Harlow P. Freeman.

Collector--John W. Thompson.

Constable--James A. Jipson.

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Source: Taken in part from Smith, James H., History of Chenango and Madison Counties, New York. D. Mason & Co. Syracuse, NY 1880.

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