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History of Erie, (Erie County) PennsylvaniaOur database does not include an historic photo for Erie, (Erie County) Pennsylvania, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Local History Notes:The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: ERIE, a county forming the N. W. extremity of Pennsylvania, bordering on New York, Ohio, and Lake Erie, has an area of 740 square miles. It is intersected by French and Conneaut creeks: Walnut and Elk creeks rise in the county, and flow into Lake Erie, which forms the entire N.W. boundary. The surface is generally rolling, with a ridge of highland, extending nearly parallel with the lake shore, at a distance of several miles. The soil is clayey, having a basis of slate and sandstone: the northern part produces good crops of grain, the southern is better adapted to pasturage and dairy farming. Corn, wheat, oats, potatoes, wool, butter, cheese, maple sugar, and lumber are the staples. In 1850 it yielded 433,692 bushels of Indian corn; 147,825 of wheat; 433,765 of oats; 171,855 of potatoes; 69,422 tons of hay; 252,843 pounds of butter, and 333,748 of maple sugar, being the greatest quantity of that article produced by any one county of the state, except Somerset county. There were 86 saw mills, 21 flour and grist mills, 8 manufactories of oilcloth, 6 of pot and pearl ash, 3 of oars, 3 of coaches, and 2 of stoves and ranges, 12 woollen factories, 2 paper mills, 1 linseed-oil mill, 4 iron foundries, 3 distilleries, and 19 tanneries. It contained 57 churches, and 5 newspaper offices; 9343 pupils attending public schools, and 375 attending academies and other schools. Iron is the principal mineral. French creek furnishes extensive water-power. The county is traversed by the Erie Extension canal, and by the railroad connecting Cleveland with Buffalo. The Sunbury and Erie railroad, lately commenced, has its W. terminus at the county seat; and several plank-roads have also been laid. Formed in 1800, and named from Lake Erie. Capital, Erie. Population, 38,742. |
Pennsylvania Facts: Erie County Facts: Seat: ErieEstablished: 1800 Formed from: Allegheny
Erie is situated 199 meters above sea level. |
