Part III. 



GAZETTEER OF VKRxMONT. 



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EILLYMEAD. — BLACK CREEK AND RIVER. BLOOMFIELD. — BOLTOK. — BOMBAZINE LAEB. 



are some very fine mill privileges. Lo- 

 cust creek falls into White river, nearly on 

 the line between this town and Barnard. 

 There are two villages, called tlie East 

 and JFcsf village, l^he icest village \b ihe 

 largest and is situated at the mouth of the 

 third branch. It is a place of considera- 

 ble business, having several stores, tav- 

 erns, factories and mills, 35 dwelling 

 houses, and about 2.50 inhabitants. The 

 east village is situated in the northeast 

 corner of the township on the second 

 branch. It contains two stores, a large 

 •woollen factory, machine shop, &c. — 

 Statistics of 1840. — Horses, 435 ; cattle, 

 1,.598; sheep, 8,930; swine, 1,149; wheat, 

 bu. 2,646 ; barley, 158; rye, 1,511 ; Oats, 

 12,142 ; buck wheat, 3,277 ; Indian corn, 

 7,184; potatoes, 50,286 ; hay, tons, 4,- 

 913; sugar, lbs. 28,613; wool, 24,335. 

 Population, 1886. d. c. «feo. h. p. m. 



BiLLYNEAD. — Name altered to Sutton, 

 October 19, 1812. .See Sutton. 



Black Creek. — A considerable branch 

 of Missisco river in Franklin county. See 

 Fairfield. 



BiACK River- — There are two rivers 

 of this name in Vermont, one in Windsor 

 county, the other in Orleans county. Black 

 River in Windsor county rises in Plym- 

 outh and runs south 12 miles into Ludlow; 

 thence east IJ miles through the centre 

 of Cavendish into Weathersfield, and 

 thence southeast 12 miles further, and 

 joins Connecticut river in the lower part 

 of Springfield. This river is remarkable 

 for the number of natural ponds through 

 which it passes. It affords a great num- 

 ber of good mill privileges, and waters 

 about 160 square miles. Length 35 miles. 

 Black river in Orleans county is formed 

 in Craftsbury by the united waters of 

 Elligo and Hosiner's ponds and Trout 

 branch, and taking a northeasterly course 

 through Albany, Irasburgh, and Orleans, 

 falls into the South bay of lake Mem- 

 phremagog, in Newport. Its length is 30 

 miles, and it waters about 150 square miles. 



Bloomfield, a post town in the north- 

 eastern part of Essex count}', is in lat. 

 44° 48' and long, b"" 18', and is bounded 

 northeasterly by Lemington, southeaster- 

 ly by Connecticut river, which separates 

 it from Columbia, N. H., southwesterly 

 by Brunswick, and northwesterly b}' Lew- 

 is. It lies 60 miles northeast from Mont- 

 pelier, and TOO from Windsor; and was 

 chartered, June 29, 1762, b}' tlie name o'l 

 Minehead, and contains 23,040 acres. The 

 settlement of this township was commen- 

 ced before the year 1800, but the progress 

 of the settlement has been slow. The 

 western and south parts are watered by 

 Nulhegan river. The northeastern parts 



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are watered by two or three small streams, 

 which fall into the Connecticut. Statis- 

 tics of 1840. Horses, 44; cattle, 211 ; 

 sheep 377 ; swine, 109; wheat, bu. 315; 

 barley, 76 ; oats 1,163 ; b'k wheat 1,083 ; 

 rye, 22 ; Ind. corn, 242 ; potatoes, 6,640 ; 

 hay, tons, 450; sugar, lbs. 7,060 wool, 

 642. Populaiion, 179. 



Bolton, a post town in the eastern part 

 of Chittenden county, in lat. 44" 25' and 

 long. 4'^ 9'. It is bounded north by Mans- 

 field, east by Waterbury and a part of 

 Duxbury, south by Huntington, and west 

 by Richmond and Jericho. It was char- 

 tered June 7, 1763, and originally con- 

 tained 36 square miles. On the 27th of 

 Oct. 1794, the northeast part of Hunting- 

 ton was annexed to it. The first settler* 

 were Noah Dewey, Peter Dilse, James 

 Moore, Thomas Palmer, Robert Stinson, 

 and John and Robert Kenedy. The town- 

 ship was first regularly surveyed in 1800 

 by John Johnson, Esq. It lies midway be- 

 tween Montpelier and Burlington, its post 

 office being 18 miles from each. The 

 town is very mountainous and broken, 

 and but a small part of it capable of being 

 settled. Winooski river runs through the 

 town from east to west, and along the 

 banks of this stream nearly all the inhab- 

 itants reside. The river receives several 

 branches in this town, both from the north 

 and south. The township lies on the 

 western range of the Green Mountains, 

 and the Winooski turnpike passes through 

 it along the north bank of Winooski river. 

 Statistics o{ 1840. — Horses, 88; cattle, 544; 

 sheep, 2,228 ; swine, 78 ; wheat, bu. 961; 

 oats, 3,8.57; rye, 21; b'k wheat, 858; corn, 

 2,174 ; potatoes, 13,400 ; hay, tons, 1,116; 

 sugar, lbs. 13,215; wool, 6,"081. Popula- 

 tion, 470. 



Bombazine Lake. See Casfleton. 



Bradford, a post town in the eastern 

 part of Orange county, in lat. 44^" and long. 

 A° 46', bounded north by Newbury, east 

 by Connecticut river, which separates it 

 from Piermont, N. H., south bj Fairies 

 and West Fairlee, and west by Corinth. 

 Three thousand acres of this town, lying 

 on Connecticut river, were granted by 

 New York to Sir Harry Moore, an! by 

 him conveyed to 30 settlers. The rest of 

 the land was taken up by pitches. The 

 town was first called Moretown, but was 

 altered to Bradford, by an act of the legis- 

 lature passed Oct. 23, 1788. The settle- 

 ment of this town was commenced by 

 John Hosmer in J 765, near the mouth of 

 Wait's river. He was joined the next 

 year by Sam'l Sleeper and Benoni Wright, 

 and in 1771 the number of families in town 

 amounted to ten. The first grist mill was 

 erected by John Peters in 1772 at the falls 



