WEST SPARTA---was formed from
Sparta, Feb. 27, 1846. It is am interior town, S. of
the center. Its surface is hilly, the summits being
500 to 700 ft. above the valleys. In the N.E. is an
extensive marsh, known as the Canaseraga Swamp.
Canaseraga Creek flows N. along the E. border. The
soil is a clay loam in the N. and a sandy loam in the
S. About one-half mi. N. of Byersville, in a small
stream called Butter Brook, is a perpendicular fall
of about 60 ft. Kysorville,(p.v.,) in the N.
part, on the G.V. Canal, contains 79  inhabitants; Union
Corners,(p.v.,) locally known as
"Brushville," on the line of Mt.Morris, 2
churches and 17 houses; Byersville,(p.v.,) in
the S. part, 61 inhabitants. Woodville, in the
S.E. corner, is a hamlet. Settlement was commenced in
the S. part, by Jeremiah Gregory, in 1795. The first church
organization was Bap.
Cemeteries |
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NAME
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EST.
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LOCATION
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SIZE +/- |
| Byersville | ---- | southcenter of town, in Byersville, on Stoner Hill Rd. | ---- |
| Kysorville | ---- | on Kysorville-Byersville Rd., between north and southbound of Rte.390 | +75 |
| Oaklawn | ---- | on Redmond Rd., north of Byersville. | ---- |
| Union Corners | ---- | west borber of town, at Union Corners.(hidden from road) | ---- |
| Woodville | ---- | just outside Dansville, off Buck Road(now in the middle of field, since Rte.390 was built) | +25 |
Resources
TOWN CLERK : Marge Cansdale, Town Clerk of
West Sparta, Dansville, NY 14437
TOWN HISTORIAN : David Palmer, 585-335-6305, West Sparta Town Hall, 8302 Kysorville-Byersville Rd., Dansville, NY 14437 BOOKS
LINKS FOOTNOTES[in 1795.] Among the other early settlers wre William Stevens, in 1796, Abel Willsey, in 1797, Benjamin Wilcox, in 1798, and Samuel McNair, in 1804. The first inn was kept at Kysorville, by Ebenezer McMaster, about 1820; the first store, at Union Corners, by Jonathan Russell, in 1823. The first wool-carding and cloth dressing mill was built by Benjamin Hungerford, in 1814; and the first gristmill, by Samuel Stoner, in 1823. (back) [was Bap.] There are 4 churches in town; Presb., M.E., Bap., and Christian. (back) |
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