Town of Springwater - 1816 Livingston County, New York You are the 31796 visitor, since 05/10/97. French's Gazetteer of New York State, 1860 SPRINGWATER---was formed from Sparta and Naples(Ontario co.) April 17, 1816. It is the S.E. corner of the co. Its surface is very hilly, the highest summits being 600 to 1,000 ft. above the valleys. The principal stream is the inlet of Hemlock Lake, which flows N. through the town, W. of the center. Cohocton Rover rises in the S.E. part and flows S. into Steuben co. The soil is a sandy and gravelly loam. Springwater, (p.v.,) a R.R. station, N.W. of the center, contains 2 churches, a sah and blind factory, a sawmill, and 62 houses. East Springwater,(p.o.,) in the N.E., is a hamlet. The first settlement was made by Seth Knowles, from Conn., on Lot 18, about 1807. The first church (Bap.) was formed in 1816. Cemeteries

Resources TOWN CLERK : Patricia Willsea, 8022 South Main Street, Springwater, NY 14560 TOWN HISTORIAN : Havilah Toland, Judy Tripp-Neu, 585-669-2683 BOOKS Doty, Lockwood R., A History of Livingston County, New York, Geneseo,NY, E.E. Doty, 1876. Doty, Lockwood R., History of the Genesee Country, Chicago, S.J. Clark Publishing Co., 1925. Moose, Lloyd, History of the Story Road and Vicinity(1932, Sparta-Springwater area), Hornell,NY, Alice M. Oakes, 1981. Smith, James H., History of Livingston County, New York, Syracuse,NY, D.Mason & Co., 1881. Walbidge, Orson, Early History of the town Springwater, Livingston County, 1887. Refer to the Published Sources page for the complete book online. ORGANIZATIONS American Legion, Kern Robinson Post #905, Springwater, NY 14560 Springwater-Webster Crossing Historical Society, %Mrs. Josephine White, 8286 Canadice Road, Springwater, NY 14560 LINKS Dansville Community Home Page. FOOTNOTES [in 1807.] Among the other early settlers were Eber Watkins, Joshua erricks, Peter Welch, Adam Miller, and Samuel Hines, in 1808; Reuben and Phineas Gilbert, from Mass., in 1810; Hugh Wilson, Henry Cole, Samuel Sparks, James Blake, Benj. Livermore, and David Frazer. Jacob Cannon settled on the E. hill in 1812. The firstdeath was that of Mrs. Benjamin Farnham, in 1813, James Blake taught the first school, in 1813-14. Oliver Jennings kept the first inn, about 1815. Hosea H. Grover kept the first store, in 1815. The first sawmill was built by Samuel Hines, in 1809; and the first gristmill, by Hugh Wilson, in 1813. (back) [formed in 1816.] There are 4 churches in town; Presb., Bap., M.E., Christian. (back)