Mooers, New York, USA
1836 - Mooers

Moores, named after General B. Mooers, taken from Champlain 20th March, 1804; distant N. from Albany 180, from Plattsburg, N. N. W. 18 miles; surface hilly and broken; the Chateaugua mountain in low ridges running across it; con tains, it is said, much land susceptible of cultivation, but, also much that is swampy; drained by the Chazy river on the E. and by English river on the N. Mooers, post village, on the Chazy river, 3 miles below the forks, has 1 Congregational church, I Methodist, and 1 Baptist, societies, which have not houses for worship; there are also 2 other Methodist, societies in the town; l. grist, 1 saw, mills, clothing works, 1 temperance public house, 2 stores and about 30 dwellings. The underlying rock of the town is granitic with small portions of lime stone. The inhabitants are remarkably temperate and industrious.

Gazetteer of the State of New York, Comprehending Its Colonial History, General Geography, Geology, and Internal Improvements, Its Political State, a Minute Description of Its Several Counties, Towns, and Villages, Statistical Tables, Exhibiting the Area, Improved Lands, Population, Stock, Taxes, Manufactures, Schools, and Cost of Public Instruction, in Each Town : with a Map of the State, and a Map of Each County, and Plans of the Cities and Principal Villages – Thomas Francis Gordon, 1836, Page 399



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