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Brief Statistics and History of Rushford
Population : 1,259
(year 2000 - U. S. Census) |
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Rushford was formed from Caneadea on March 8, 1816. New Hudson was taken off in 1825. It lies on the west border of the county, north of the center.
The
first settlement was made by Enos GARY of
Vermont in 1808. Charles Swift, Abel
Belknap, Amos Rose and Joshua Wilson
from New England were settlers in the town
in 1809-10. Levi Benjamin, from
Windsor, Vermont, and settled near Rushford
Village in 1813. Bethiah Belnap was
born in the spring of 1810 and Samuel
Gordon June 12, 1810, were the first
births in the town. Plina Bannister
taught the first school near the center in
the winter of 1813-14. Levi Benjamin
kept the first inn, a little north of
Rushford Village in 1813 and James McCall
the first store in 1814. The first sawmill
was built by Matthew P. Cady, on
Caneadea Creek, in 1815. The first
girstmill was built by James McCall
on the same stream in 1818. The first
religious meeting was held by Rev. Mr.
Sanford (Baptists) in 1813. The first
church (Baptist) was formed in 1815 by
Reverend Nathan Peck, a missionary from
Boston. [Source: J.H.French, Gazetteer
of State of New York, 1860, p.168]
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