GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



Part I il 



ADDISON COONTV AIKEN S GORE. 



the enemy, who were masters of the lake 

 till the close of the war. From its re- 

 newal at the close of the war, the settle- 

 ment advanced with considerable rapidity, 

 and Messrs. Strong, Everest and some 

 others of the first settlers who had been 

 driven off and returned, lived to see the 

 township nearly all under improvement 

 and themselves in possession of all the 

 rational enjoyments of life. A congrega- 

 tional church was organized here Novem- 

 ber 24, 1803, by the Rev. Job Swift, who 

 labored here for about two years previous 

 to his death, which took place October 20, 

 1804, while on a visit at Enosburgh. He 

 was born at Sandwich, Massachusetts, 

 January 17, 1743, graduated at Yale col- 

 lecre in 17(35, and studied theology with 

 Dr. Bellamy. The Rev. Justus S. Hough 

 was ordained as pastor of this churcli, 

 January 26, 1SI.5, and was dismissed Feb- 

 ruarv2l, 182.5. At other times the church 

 has depended for preaching upon tempo- 

 rary entracrements. Soil generally niarl 

 or clay and productive. The surface of 

 this township is low and generally pretty 

 level. Snake mountain, in the southeast 

 corner, is the most considerable elevation. 

 It is very poorly watered and has no val- 

 uable mill privileges. Otter creek touches 

 upon the northeast corner, and a dead 

 branch of Otter creek runs through tlie 

 town, from soutli to north, a little west of 

 the centre, and unites with Otter creek 

 in Ferrisburgh. Mill river and Pike river 

 are two small streams, which fall into 

 lake Champlain nearly opposite to Crown 

 Point. The magnetic o.xyde of iron is 

 found here in small pcttedric crystals in 

 argillite, and also the sulpliuret of iron. 

 Statistics of 1840. — Horses, 475; cattle, 

 3212; sheep, 30,405; swine, 1,0!)!»; 

 wheat, hu. 1,722 ; barley, 42 ; oats, 9,655; 

 rye, 318; buck wheat, 600 ; Indian corn, 

 S,250 ; potatoes, 19,750; hay, tons, 10,800; 

 suD-ar. lbs. 865 ; wool, 62,900. Popula- 

 tion, 1229. 



Addison co-unty is on the west side of 

 the Green Mountains, at nearly an equal 

 distance from the northern and southern 

 extremities of tl^e state. It lies between 

 43° 50' and 44° 18' north lat. and between 

 3" 38' and 4° 18' east long., being about 

 30 miles from north to south, and 33 miles 

 from east to west, containing about 700 

 square miles. This county was incorpo- 

 rated February 27, 17■^7. 3Iidd!ebury, a 

 thriving town on Otter creek, is the shire 

 town, and is situated neajly in the centre 

 of the county. The Supreme court sits 

 here annually on the fourth Tuesday in 

 January, and tlie County court on the 

 second Tuesday in June and December. 

 Vergennes, situated on Otter creek 12 



miles below Middlebury, is a place of con- 

 siderable business. The principal stream 

 is Otter creek. It enters the county from 

 the south, crossing about the middle of" 

 the southern boundary, and falls into lake 

 Champlain near the northwest corner. 

 Mad river and White river have their 

 sources among the mountains in the east- 

 ern part of the county. Granular lime- 

 stone is very abundant here. It is exten- 

 sively quarried in many places aiid is used 

 as a building stone. It receives a good 

 polish, is beautifully variegated and large 

 quantities of it are annually manufactured, 

 jjarlicularly at Middlebury, and the mar- 

 ble transported to Albany, New York and 

 other places. The western part is a rich 

 farming country, and the soil is well 

 adapted to the production of grain. The 

 eastern part is mountainous and broken. 

 Statistics of"l84i). — Horses, 5,425; cattle, 

 3!»,718; sheep, 261,010; swine, 14,305; 

 wheat, bush. 31,322 ; barley, 255 ; oats, 

 141,794; rye, 11,427; buck wheat, 7219 ; 

 In. corn, 95,304; potatoes, 440,079; hay, 

 tons, 111,120; sugar, lbs. 132,013; wool, 

 676,969. Population, 23,-569. 



Aikin's Gore, called also Virgin Hall, 

 a small tract of only 930 acres, granted 

 February 25, 1782, to Edward Aikin, and 

 lying upon the Green Mountain between 

 Winhall and Landgrove. 



Alb.\ny, a post township, si.x miles 

 square, lying in the central part of Or- 

 leans county. It is 34 miles north from 

 Montpelier, in lat. 44° 43' and long. 4° 

 47', and is bounded northeasterly by Iras- 

 burgh, southeasterly by Glover, south- 

 westerly by Craftsbury and nortiuvesterly 

 by Lowell and Eden. This township 

 was granted June 27, 1781, and char- 

 tered June 26, 1782, by the name of 

 Lutterloh. The name was altered to Al- 

 bany, October 13, 1815. The settlement 

 of this townsliip was commenced about 

 the close of the last century. In 1800 

 there were only 12 inhabitants. The town 

 was organized March 27, 1806, and Ben- 

 jamin Neal was first town clerk. This 

 townsliip is watered by Black river, which 

 is formed inCraftsbury,and passes through 

 it in a northeasterly direction, and by 

 several of its branches. There are like- 

 wise several considerable ponds, the most 

 impoitant of which, great Hosmers pond, 

 is partly in Craftsbury. The soil is gen- 

 erally sandy or graA^lly. Along the riv- 

 er is some fine intervale. Statistics o/1840. 

 —Horses, 228; cattle, 1,418; sheep, 3,- 

 201 ; swine, 701 ; wheat, bu. 2,618; bar- 

 ley, 894; oats, 10,7(9; rye, 131 ; buck 

 wheat, 2,175; Ind. corn, 1,597; potatoes, 

 43,389 ; hay, tons, 2,685 ; sugar, lbs. 

 42,298; wool, 6,121, Population, 920. 



