1988

The Village of Short Tract

William Short took up a large tract of land through which the Short Tract Road has its course, and which embraces the Village of Short Tract. It was conveyed to him by the Ogdens, and it was from this purchase that the present village, which extends almost a mile along the road mentioned, derived its name.

It contained in 1878, three stores, two churches, a cheese factory, two wagon shops, three blacksmith shops, a school house and a Town Hall which had been built by Jonas R. Collister in 1872. At that time the population numbered about 100.

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