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GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



Part III. 



CUMBERLAND COUNTY. 



DANVILLE. 



meeting houses in the town, two in the 

 centre village, and one in the easterly 

 part. There are twelve school districts, 

 and ten school houses. There are also 

 within the limits of the township, two 

 grist mills, one hulling mill, one oil mill, 

 ten saw mills, two fulling mills, .two card- 

 in(T machines, and three carriage maker's 

 shops. Sldlistirs of 1840. — Horses, 333; 

 cattle, 1,71B ; sheep, 3,166 ; swine, 658; 

 wheat, bu. 1,730; barley, l,04i); oats, 

 14,393; rye, 167; buck wheat, 830 ; In. 

 corn, 1,928; potatoes, 47,906; hay, tons, 

 3,171; sugar, lbs. 35,412; wool, 7,980. 

 Population, 1,151. 



Cumberland County. — This county 

 was erected by an act of the legislnture 

 of New York, passed July 3, 1766. This 

 act was annulled by the crown June 26, 

 1767, and repassed by New York Feb. 20, 

 1763, and chartered on the 17th of March 

 following. By the charter, this county 

 was bounded as follows; beginning in 

 Massachusetts north line on the west bank 

 of Connecticut river and running W. 10-' 

 N. about 26 miles to the southeast corner 

 of Stamford ; thence N. 13° E. .56 miles 

 to the south east corner of Socialborough ; 

 thence N. 53' E., 30 miles to the south 

 corner of Tunbridge ; thence along the 

 south line of Tunbridge, Strafford and 

 Thetford to Connecticut river and down 

 said river to the place of beginning. The 

 county seat was first at Chester and after- 

 wards at Westminster. The original 

 charter of this county, elegantly written 

 on parchment, was presented to the Uni- 

 versity of Vermont in 1840, by Udney H. 

 Peninan,Esq. of Colchester and is preserv- 

 ed in the library of the University. After 

 the organization of the state government 

 this county retained the name till Feb. 11, 

 1779 when it was changed to Windham. 



Danbv, a post town in the south part 

 of Rutland county, is in lat. 43^ 21' and 

 loner. 4'' 1', and is bounded north by Tin- 

 mouth, east by Mount Tabor, south by 

 Dorset and west by Pawlet. It is 34 

 miles north IVom Bennington, and 18 

 south from Rutland. It was chartered 

 Aufust 27, 1761, and contains about 39 

 square miles. The settlement of this 

 township was commenced in 1765, by Jo- 

 seph Soper, Joseph Earl, Crispin Bull, 

 Luther Calvin, and Micah Vail. The 

 town was organized March 14, 1769, and 

 Thomas Rowley was first town clerk and 

 first representative. There is here a so- 

 ciety of Friends or Quakers, who have a 

 meetinf house in the east part of the 

 town, and another called Orthodox 

 Friends, or separatists, who have one in 

 the north part. There is also a society of 

 Methodists, one of Baptists, and one of 



Universalists, who own jointly 3 meeting 

 houses, one at the centre, one in the 

 south part and one in the east. Otter 

 creek runs nearly on the line between 

 this township and Mount Tabor, but there 

 are no streams of much consequence 

 within the township. The most consid- 

 erable are, Mill river which rises in the 

 southwestern part, and falls into Otter 

 creek in Mount Tabor, and Flower branch 

 which rises in the northwest part, and 

 falls into Pawlet river in Pawlet. These 

 and a branch of Otter creek, in the north- 

 eastern part, are all sufficient for mills. 

 The surface of the township is uneven, 

 and some parts of it mountainous. South 

 mountain and Spruce mountain are the 

 jirincipal elevations. The soil is well 

 adapted to the production of grass, and 

 there are here some of the largest dairies 

 in the state. No less than 300,0001bs. of 

 cheese, and butter in proportion, have 

 been carried from this town to market in 

 one year. There are several caverns in 

 this township, which are considerable cu- 

 riosities, but they have never been thor- 

 ouofhly e.xplorcd. One of them, in the 

 southeastern part, descends like a well 

 into the solid rock. It is siad that a 

 person was let down bj' a rope 150 feet 

 perpendicularly into this cavern without 

 discovering any bottom. Specimens of 

 galena, or sulphnret of lead, have been 

 found here. In the western part of the 

 township is a spring, which is nearly suf- 

 ficient to carry a mill, where it issues 

 from the foot of the mountain. There 

 are several marble quarries in the south 

 east part, and in the east village are three 

 mills for sawing marble. The town is di- 

 vided into 13 school districts. There are 

 two grist mills, five saw mills, five stores, 

 two taverns, two tanneries, and one trip 

 hammer. Statistics o/1840. — Horses, 358; 

 cattle, 3,366 ; sheep, 8,950 ; swine, 689 ; 

 wheat, bu. 2,217 ; barley, 65 ; oats, 6,094 ; 

 rye, 110; wheat, b. 256 ; In. corn, 4,267 ; 

 potatoes, 47,563 ; hay, tons, 5,378 ; sugar, 

 lbs. 35, '715 ; wool, 25,433. Population, 

 1379. 



DAXvrLr E, a post town and the shire 

 town of Caledonia county, is in lat. 44° 

 26' and long. 4° .51', and is bounded north 

 by Wheelock, northeast by St. Johnsbu- 

 ry, southeast by Barnet, south by Peach- 

 am, and west by Walden, Goshen Gore, 

 and a part of Cabot. It is 23 miles east 

 northeast from Montpelier. This town- 

 ship was granted October 27, 1786, and 

 chartered to Jacob Bailey, Jesse Leaven- 

 worth and others, October 31 , 1786. Some 

 difficulty having arisen respecting the 

 lands, the proprietors took out a new, or 

 quieting charter. October 29, 1 792, VVal- 



