According to the earliest recorded history (Annals and Recollections of Oneida County, Jones, 1851), Sanger bought , the land was sold at a price of fifty cents an acre. This land, thought to be separated into two equal parts by the Sauquoit Creek, was part of the Town of Whitestown at the time. Within a year, Sanger sold the area east of the creek to Joseph Higbee, the areas' second resident, for one dollar per acre. A subsequent survey found this area was .Annals and recollections of Oneida County, Jones Pomroy, Rome, NY 1851
