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Sherburne is a
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in
Chenango County Chenango County is a county located in the south-central section U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,220. Its county seat is Norwich. The county's name originates from an Oneida word meaning 'large bull-thist ...
,
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, United States. The population was 4,048 at the 2010 census. The town contains two
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, Sherburne and Earlville. The town is at the northern border of Chenango County.


History

The area that became Sherburne, part of the
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valley, was originally inhabited by the
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, until the late 1780s when the state of New York purchased the land from them. These parcels were later sold at auction in New York City. The settlement of Sherburne occurred around 1792 near the present-day Sherburne village. The town was named after the tune "Sherburne", written by
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in 1783. The early inhabitants had a habit of frequently singing the tune, which was a great favorite with them. Most of the earliest inhabitants and settlers of Sherburne were originally from the town of
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,
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. Sometime around 1785 or 1786, two years after the
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and Treaties of Versailles were signed on September 3, 1783, ending the
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, the future proprietors and pioneers of Sherburne left Kent and emigrated to Duanesburgh,
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. After a few years there they had been unable to secure title to the lands on which they settled. It was at that point that they resolved to move again as a body to the Chenango Valley, which had just begun to open lands in the Twenty Townships. In June 1791, Deacon and Judge Nathaniel Gray, Elisha Gray, Joel Hatch, Abram Raymond, Newcomb Raymond, and James Raymond visited these lands in the interest of the company as an exploring party, accompanied by Josiah Throop, chief of the corps who had surveyed the tract that and the preceding years. On their arrival they found that a family consisting of five men, one woman and some small children from
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in Oneida County had squatted a few hours previously on Handsome Brook, and were occupying a bark cabin. There they found hospitable welcome through the night and in the morning were regaled by their hostess with new bread and beer, both her own making. This family remained but a short time, for they had left before the return of the exploring party. The exploratory party examined the southwest quarter of the 9th township, containing , which they and their associates eventually bought of Colonel William S. Smith, to whom the township was patented by the state of New York for $1.25 per acre. The exploratory party returned to Duanesburgh with a good report sometime prior to October 9, 1791, for on that date, James Raymond married Melissa Burritt, the second daughter and child of Rev.
Blackleach Burritt Blackleach Burritt (1744 – August 27, 1794) was a preacher during the American Revolutionary War. During the war, he was incarcerated in a sugar house prison.Mather., p. 206 Early life and ancestors Blackleach Burritt was born at Ripton Pari ...
, the spiritual leader of the company, and of Martha Welles. In the summer of 1792, the exploratory party returned, which was mainly composed of the original proprietors, and settled in a cabin near Handsome Brook. During the later summer and fall, the exploratory party had accomplished the work they had set out to do, and they returned to their families in Duanesburgh, except Abram Raymond and his wife, Betsey Gray Raymond, the daughter of John Gray and Elizabeth Skeel and sister of Nathaniel Gray. Within a year, the first settlers of Sherburne established themselves on their newly acquired plots. And it was not confined alone to the proprietors and their families, most of whom arrived that time, but many of their friends and neighbors from Duanesburgh joined with them. The advance company arrived on a Saturday night in March 1793. Their first organization of the town was that of the
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of Sherburne, founded on July 6, 1794. The town of Sherburne was created in 1795 from the town of
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(now in Oneida County). The town of
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was formed from part of Sherburne in 1808, and the size of Sherburne was increased by annexing part of the town of New Berlin in 1852. The opening of the
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in 1837 between Utica and
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, which ran right down the middle of Sherburne, greatly reduced the cost and time of receiving goods and supplies. During the
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,
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soldiers set up camp on the banks of the canal, on what is now the home of Westlake Village. The railroad, like elsewhere around New York, replaced the canal in 1867, and two trains came through town on a daily basis.


Geography

According to the
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, the town of Sherburne has a total area of , of which , or 0.05%, is water. The
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, a tributary of the
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, flows southwards through the town. The northern town line is the border of Madison County.
New York State Route 12 New York State Route 12 (NY 12) is a state highway extending for through central and northern New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 11 (US 11) in the town of Chenango (just n ...
, a north-south highway, intersects
New York State Route 12B New York State Route 12B (NY 12B) is a state highway in the central part of New York in the United States. NY 12B is a north–south highway connecting Oneida County in the north to Chenango County in the south, passing through ...
north of Sherburne village and intersects
New York State Route 80 New York State Route 80 (NY 80) is a west–east New York State Route located within Onondaga, Madison, Chenango, Otsego, Herkimer, and Montgomery counties in New York. Its western terminus is located at a junction with NY&n ...
within the village.


Demographics

As of the
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of 2000, there were 3,979 people, 1,619 households, and 1,065 families residing in the town. The
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was 91.3 people per square mile (35.3/km2). There were 1,770 housing units at an average density of 40.6 per square mile (15.7/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 98.74%
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, 0.23%
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or
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, 0.03% Native American, 0.13%
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, 0.05%
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, 0.25% from
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, and 0.58% from two or more races.
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or
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of any race were 0.78% of the population. There were 1,619 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.4% were
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living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.98. In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.5% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males. The median income for a household in the town was $31,841, and the median income for a family was $39,094. Males had a median income of $30,477 versus $22,458 for females. The
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for the town was $17,281. About 13.3% of families and 16.4% of the population were below the
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, including 23.4% of those under age 18 and 4.2% of those age 65 or over.


Communities and locations in the town

* Earlville – A village, part of which is within the northern edge of the town on Route 12B. *Harrisville – A
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east of Sherburne village on NY Route 80. *
Rexford Falls Rexford Falls is located on Mad Brook east of Sherburne, New York. The historic Rexford Falls Bridge, built ca. 1870 is located directly over the falls. The bridge is a bowstring truss bridge A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing su ...
– A waterfall located east of the Village of Sherburne. * Sherburne – A village located at the intersection of NY Route 12 and NY-80. *Sherburne Four Corners – A hamlet southwest of Sherburne village on County Road 20, located in the southwestern corner of the town so that it is partly within three other towns of Chenango County.


Notable people

* George Ripley Bliss (1816-1893), clergyman and educator who served as president of
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*
Blackleach Burritt Blackleach Burritt (1744 – August 27, 1794) was a preacher during the American Revolutionary War. During the war, he was incarcerated in a sugar house prison.Mather., p. 206 Early life and ancestors Blackleach Burritt was born at Ripton Pari ...
(1744–1794), a noted
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clergyman in the
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. He preached the first sermon in Sherburne in 1792. *
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(1957–2015), cartoonist *
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(1804–1881), first practitioner of
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in the United States * Levi E. Knapp (1826–1919), member of the
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*
Marcius D. Raymond Marcius D. Raymond (April 8, 1833 – December 15, 1911) was an American newspaper publisher and editor, writer, genealogist, and historian. Biography Marcius Dension Raymond was born on April 8, 1833, at Sherburne, Chenango County, New York. H ...
(1833–1911), publisher, writer and historian; author of ''Souvenir of the Sherburne Centennial Celebration''


References


Further reading

*Forster, Ken, "Letter from 'america'", in ''Stamp Magazine'', May 1999, pp 94–95. Published in Croydon, England. Focuses on and gives complete text of letter written in August 1835 by John Russell, resident of Sherburne, to Mr. Thomas Burgess in
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,
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, England. The writer refers to his "childrin" as "elicebeth", "rheubin" and "tilden" (original spelling retained). The Find A Grave website has an obituary for Tilden, who was born December 18, 1835, in Smyrna (about 4 miles west of Sherburne), served in Company K of the Sixth Michigan Heavy Artillery during the American Civil War, and died in Somerset Center, Michigan, January 8, 1914.


External links


Town of Sherburne official website

Sherburne community website

Information about Sherburne


(1893). {{DEFAULTSORT:Sherburne (Town), New York Towns in Chenango County, New York