Philadelphia (Town)
Town of Philadelphia
The Town of Philadelphia was formed in 1821 from part of the Town of LeRay.
Early Settlement
(The following excerpt was taken from Our County And Its People: A Descriptive Work on Jefferson County, New York; Edited by Edgar C. Emerson, The Boston History Company,1898.)
In Philadelphia the first settlers were " Friends " from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, who came in 1804, among the first being Cadwallader Child, Mordecai Taylor and Samuel Evans. Robert Comfort kept the first tavern, Samuel Case the first store, and Thomas and John Townsend built the first sawmill.
Historians offer a history of the town/village of Philadelphia.
Communities and locations in the town
- Fort Drum – The military reservation occupies the southeastern third of Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia (originally "Quaker Settlement") – A village near the center of the town on US-11.
- Sterlingville – A former hamlet in the southern corner of the town.
Geographical features and other locations
- Pine Plains – A location in the southern part of the town, near Sterlingville.
- Rogers – A location in the southern corner of the town, south of Strickland Corners on County Road 30.
- Shurtleff Corners – A location on the northwestern town line, northwest of Philadelphia village on NY-26.
- Strickland Corners – A location in the southern corner of the town on County Road 30, northwest of Sterlingville.
- Whitney Corners – A location on County Road 20, west of Philadelphia village.