Area settled, 1794.

Collins, Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, 5.

Collins, George Knapp. Spafford, Onondaga County, New York. Syracuse, NY: Onondaga Historical Association, 1917.

Formed from Sempronius, Marcellus, and Tully townships, 1811.

Clark, Onondaga, 2:348.

Clark, Joshua V. H. Onondaga; or Reminiscences of Earlier and Later Times; Being a Series of Historical Sketches Relative to Onondaga. . . . 2 vol. Syracuse, NY: Stoddard and Babcock, 1849.

Population in 1830 about 2,600; in 1835 about 2,400; and in 1840 about 1,900.

Darby and Dwight, New Gazetteer of the United States, 523; Chapin, Complete Reference Gazetteer of the United States, 294; Gazetteer of the State of New-York, 381.

Comprehensive Works Cited

Darby, William, and Theodore Dwight, Jr. A New Gazetteer of the United States of America; Containing a Copious Description of the States, Territories, Counties, Parishes, Districts, Cities and Towns. . . . Hartford, CT: Edward Hopkins, 1833.

Chapin, William. A Complete Reference Gazetteer of the United States of North America; Containing a General View of the United States. . . . New York: W. Chapin and J. B. Taylor, 1839.

A Gazetteer of the State of New-York: Comprising its Topography, Geology, Mineralogical Resources, Civil Divisions, Canals, Railroads and Public Institutions. . . . Albany: J. Disturnell, 1842.

Included Spafford village.

French, Gazetteer of the State of New York, 487.

Comprehensive Works Cited

French, J. H. Gazetteer of the State of New York: Embracing a Comprehensive View of the Geography, Geology, and General History of the State. . . . 8th ed. Syracuse, NY: R. Pearsall Smith, 1860.

Size of township decreased when land was taken for other townships, 1840.

French, Gazetteer of the State of New York, 487.

Comprehensive Works Cited

French, J. H. Gazetteer of the State of New York: Embracing a Comprehensive View of the Geography, Geology, and General History of the State. . . . 8th ed. Syracuse, NY: R. Pearsall Smith, 1860.

Spafford Township, New York

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