HAMBURGH(1) - was formed from "Willink," (now Aurora,) March 20,
1812. A part of Evans was taken off in 1826, East Hamburgh in
1850, and a part of West Seneca, as "Seneca," in 1851. It lies
on the shore of Lake Erie, near the center of the W. border of
the co. Its surface in the E. is rolling; but in the W. it is
nearly level, with a gentle inclination toward the lake. A bluff
averaging 50 to 100 feet high borders the lake. The principal
stream is Eighteen Mile Creek. The soil is mostly a clayey loam;
in the S.E. corner it is gravelly. Whites Corners, (p.v.,) on
the N. branch of Eighteen Mile Creek, in the S.E. part of the
town, contains 5 churches, a gristmill, a sawmill, a tannery,
and has a pop. of 609; Water Valley, (p.v.,) on the same stream,
W. of Whites Corners, contains a woolen factory, a furnace, and
20 houses; Abbots Corners, (Hamburgh p.o.,) on the line of East
Hamburgh, contains 2 churches, a sawmill, a shingle mill, and
145 inhabitants. Big Tree Corners and Hamburgh-on-the-Lake are
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