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Photograph of Essex Village Historic District
Photograph by Mwanner, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Essex Village Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1895.

From the record

“Essex Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Essex in Essex County, New York. It encompasses the historic core of the hamlet of Essex and primarily contains early-19th-century buildings.”

Wikipedia article Essex Village Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 114 National Register listings published here for Essex County · listed in 1975 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Then and now

1895 to 1999

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Essex Village Historic District, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet covering Essex Village Historic District, surveyed 1895

Fires near this property

58 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Essex Village Historic District between 2002 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 August 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkSPLIT ROCK MT FIRE
19 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
15 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Essex County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Essex Village Historic District: 15 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Wollastonite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Elsworth Diopside ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Fox Hill QuarryWollastonite, GarnetPast Producer1810, 1939, 1982
Interpace/ Willsboro, N.Y.Wollastonite, GarnetUnknown
L E Dempster Farm ProspectTitanium, IronProspect
Split Rock Graphite ProspectGraphite, LeadProspect
Unnamed QuarryGranitePast Producer
Willsboro MineEmeryPast ProducerEmery
Split Rock MineIronPast ProducerReplacement
Cabot Minerals Div. DepositWollastonitePast Producer
Jacques PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Essex County

Maps showing this location

10 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Abraham Aiken House2.2 miles1989
Octagonal Schoolhouse2.5 miles1973
Church of the Nazarene2.5 miles1973
Sheldon-Owens Farm2.6 miles1993
Willsboro Congregational Church4.1 miles1984
Willsboro School, The4.2 miles2010

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 75001187 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Essex CountyAll 114 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.