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GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



Part III. 



EAST HAVEN. 



1^ situated partly in Leicester and partly 

 III Salisbury, and discharges into Otter 

 creek by what is called Leicester river. 

 Trout weighing 25 pounds have been ta- 

 ken out of this lake. It is sometimes 

 called Trout pond. 



Durham, a New York grant, located 

 on Otter creek, a little south of Rutland. 

 DuxBURy, a township in the western 

 part of VVashington county, is in lat. 44° 

 18' and long. 4° 12', and is bounded north 

 by Waterbury and a part of Bolton, from 

 which it is separated by Winooski river, 

 east by Moretown, south by Fayston, and 

 west by Huntington and a part of Bolton. 

 It is 13 miles west from Montpclier, 22 

 southeast from Burlington, and 100 north 

 from Bennington ; and was chartered 

 June 7, 1763. The settlement of this 

 township was commenced about the year 

 1786. In 1791, there were 39 inhabitants. 

 The south and western parts of the town- 

 ship are mountainous and incapable of 

 settlement. Nearly all the inhabitants are 

 confined to the margin of Winooski river 

 and the northeastern parts of the town- 

 ship. This township is watered by Wi- 

 nooski river, which forms the northern 

 boundary, by Duxbury branch, on which 

 is a considerable settlement, and several 

 Bmall branches of Mad river. There are 

 here seven saw mills. The natural bridge 

 over Winooski river, is between this town 

 and Waterbury, and near it are some cu- 

 rious caverns. Statistics of 1840. Horses, 

 122; cattle, 1,044 ; sheep, 2,055; swine, 

 565 ; wheat, bus. 1,293; barley, 61 ; oats, 

 4,415; rye, 319; buckwheat, 1,049; In- 

 dian corn, 2,714 ; potatoes, 27,910 ; hay, 

 tons, 2,289 ; sugar, lbs. 26,374 ; wool, 

 4,837. Population, 820. 



East Haven, a township in Essex 

 county, 45 miles northeast from Montpe- 

 lier, chartered October 22, 1790, to Timo- 

 thy Andrus and associates, and contains 

 36 square miles. It is bounded north- 

 westerly by Newark, northeasterly by 

 Brighton and Ferdinand, southeast by 

 Granby, and southwest by Victory and 

 Burke. There were five or six families in 

 this town as early as 1814, but the settle- 

 ment has advanced very slow, and it is 

 still unorganized. The land is high, but 

 much of it very suitable for grazing. 

 Passumpsic river crosses the west corner, 

 and the head of Moose river waters the 

 eastern part, each being about two rods 

 wide, and affording good mill sites. Sta- 

 tistics o/ 1840. Horses, 18; cattle, 92; 

 sheep, 192; swine, 58 ; wheat, bus. 99 ; 

 barley, 95 ; oats, 460 ; rye, 25 ; buck- 

 wheat, 170 ; Indian corn, 69 ; potatoes, 

 3,280; hay, tons, 136; sugar, lbs. 3,330; 

 wool, 370. Population, 79. 



Eden, a township in the northern part 

 of Lamoille county, is in lat. 44° 42' and 

 long. 4° 25', and is bounded northerly by 

 Lowell, easterly by Craftsbury, southerly 

 by Hydepark and Johnson, and westerly 

 by Belvidere. It is 30 miles north from 

 Montpelier, and 37 northeast from Bur- 

 lington ; was granted November 7, 1780, 

 and chartered to "Col. Seth Warner and 

 his associates, our worthy friends, the offi- 

 cers and soldiers of his regiment in the 

 line of the continental army," August 28, 

 1781, containing 36 square miles. Twen- 

 ty one square miles from Belvidere have 

 since been added to it. The settlement 

 was commenced in 1800, by Thomas H. 

 Parker, Isaac Brown and Moses Went- 

 worth. The town was organized March 

 31, 1802, and Moses Wentworth was first 

 town clerk. It was first represented, in 

 1803, by Thomas H. Parker. There are 

 three religious societies, Congregational- 

 ists, Methodists, snd Universalists. The 

 Rev. Joseph Farrar was settled over the 

 Congregational church and society No- 

 vember 24, 1811, and dismissed Dec. 20, 

 1815. This church was organized Nov. 

 3, 1812, and now consists of about 40 

 members. The Methodist church was or- 

 ganized in 1818, and the Universalist in 

 1834. The former consists of about 40 

 and the latter of about 20 members. A 

 union meeting house was erected in 1832. 

 The streams in this township are numer- 

 ous. Wild branch and Green river rise in 

 the eastern part. The former runs through 

 the corner of Craftsbury, and the latter 

 through the corner of Hydepark, and both 

 fall into the river Lamoille in Wolcott. 

 They are both considerable mill streams. 

 The branch, which is the outlet of North 

 pond, runs across the northwest corner of 

 Hydepark, and falls into the Lamoille in 

 Johnson. North pond is two miles long, 

 and of very unequal width. A tongue of 

 land extends into it from the south three 

 quarters of a mile, which is, in some pla- 

 ces, no more than two rods wide, and on 

 which grow large quantities of blue and 

 black whortleberries. These berries are 

 found no where else in this part of the 

 country. The township is considerably 

 mountainous. Mount Norris and Hadley 

 mountain lie on the north line of the 

 township, and partly in Lowell. Belvi- 

 dere mountain lies partly in the northwest 

 corner of the township, and its summit is 

 probably the highest land in the county 

 excepting, perhaps, Jay Peak. In the 

 western part of Eden is some good tillage 

 land. The eastern part, being the divi- 

 ding ridge between the waters of lake 

 Champlain and Memphreraagog, is moist 

 and cold, but good for grazing. No town 



