Brushton

History

The village took its name from Brush's Mills, which were located on the Little Salmon River. The mills were purchased by Mr. Henry N. Brush in 1835, and the hamlet was officially named "Brushton" on October 1, 1877. From Frederick Seaver's Historical Sketches of Franklin County, NY (1918), p. 519: "The industrial enterprises of Moira were never numerous or large. The community is distinctively agricultural, but with two small unincorporated villages -- Brushton and Moira. Each is a station on the Rutland Railroad, and each is on an improved trunk-line highway. Almost with the first settlement in the town, Appleton Foote, as the agent of Gilchrist and Fowler, erected a saw mill at what is now Brushton, and a grist mill there in the year following, which was displaced by the present stone mill in 1823, built by Robert Watts, and later improved and enlarged by Henry N. Brush." And Seaver, p. 518: "Henry N. Brush located at Brush's Mills (now Brushton) in 1835. He was a man of finished education, an engaging public speaker, and a man of strong parts. ... His holdings of land were large, and the business and industrial development of the eastern part of Moira were due largely to his activities. He died in 1872." Brush's son, Henry Corbin Brush, was born in Brush's Mills in 1838 and was the inventor of the Brush Trolling Spoon shallow-running submersible fishing lure.

Geography

Brushton is located in the eastern part of the town of Moira at (44.830736, -74.514341), in northwestern Franklin County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Brushton is located on U.S. Route 11 (Washington Street) at the junction of County Road 8 (Fay-Brushton Road/Farm-To-Market Rd.). On US-11, the community of Moira is to the west, and North Bangor is to the east. Malone is to the east on US-11. The Little Salmon River flows northward through the village. Via the Salmon River, its waters flow to the St. Lawrence River, just across the Canada–US border in Quebec.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  1,096
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  903
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  859
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  858
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  851
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  735
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  650
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  627

Largest nearby schools

• BRUSHTON GRADE SCHOOL
  Elementary · BRUSHTON · 457 students · 13.1:1 ratio
• SALMON RIVER HIGH SCHOOL
  High · FORT COVINGTON · 396 students · 9.4:1 ratio
• BRUSHTON-MOIRA HIGH SCHOOL
  High · BRUSHTON · 328 students · 9.1:1 ratio
• SALMON RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
  Elementary · FORT COVINGTON · 317 students · 9.1:1 ratio
• SALMON RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
  Middle · FORT COVINGTON · 313 students · 8.9:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.7 — 2025-10-14
  4 km NNW of Chazy, New York
• M 2.5 — 2025-01-01
  6 km SSE of Fort Covington Hamlet, New York
• M 2.8 — 2024-07-29
  11 km SSW of Sainte-Martine, Canada
• M 2.5 — 2024-06-05
  10 km S of Franklin, Canada
• M 2.7 — 2024-05-15
  11 km NW of L'Orignal, Canada
• M 3.1 — 2024-02-01
  6 km WNW of Huntingdon, Canada