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GAZETTEER OP VERMONT. 



Fart III. 



NEW HAVEN. 



NEWPORT. NORFOLK. 



NORTHFIELD. 



zer Allen, and others, to protect the fron- 

 tier setllements from the common enemy 

 the " Yorkers.'' At the close of the war 

 the settlers returned, and in '8.5 the town 

 was organized, and Luther Evarts was 

 first town clerk. Two Baptist churches 

 were formed, one in the south and the 

 other in the west part of the town, about 

 the year 1804, both of which have been 

 dissolved, and no records are to be found. 

 The Congregational church was formed 

 here November l-j, 17S)7, over which the 

 Rev. Silas L. Bingham was installed Jan. 

 1, 1805, and dismissed June 8, 1808 ; the 

 Rev. Josiah Hopkins was settled June 14, 

 1809 ; and dismissed Aug. 20, l?-30 ; Rev. 

 Joel Fisk, Oct. 26, 1830, and dismissed 

 September 2.1, 1832; Rev. Enoch Mead, 

 January 9, 1834, and dismissed Novem- 

 ber, 16, 1836, and Rev. James Meacham, 

 'the present minister, was settled May 2!), 

 1838. This is at present the principal 

 church in town. They have a meeting- 

 house, erected in 1820. The streams arc 

 Otter creek, Little Otter creek, and New 

 IJaven river. The latter enters the to^^'n- 

 ship from the cast, about 2 miles from the 

 southeast corner, and after running five 

 miles falls into Otter creek, about a mile 

 from the southwest corner. Of the calam- 

 ity occasioned by a freshet upon this riv- 

 er in 1830, we have already given some 

 account in part first, page 20. Otter 

 creek was, by the charter, the western 

 boundary, but tracts have been set off 

 from New Haven along the creek, to Ver- 

 gennes, Waltham and Weybridge. The 

 mill privileges are good, and there are 

 several which are not yet occupied. — 

 There are no ponds nor mountains. The 

 soil in the western part is principally 

 clay, or marl, and loam in the eastern 

 part. Along New Haven river are allu- 

 vial flats, which are extensive and very 

 productive. Quarries of excellent mar- 

 ble are found in almost every part. The 

 timber consists of maple, beech, birch, 

 elm, basswood, walnut, pine, oak, hem- 

 lock, &c. There are five roads running 

 north and south tlirough the township, 

 viz., one on the west called Otter creek 

 road, the next is Waltham turnpike, the 

 next townhill road, tlie next Fjanesbo- 

 rough street, leading by the meetinghouse, 

 and named from tiic first settlers on it, 

 who were from Lanesborough, Ms., and 

 the next East street. There are in town 

 14 school districts, and as many school- 

 houses, 2 grist, 2 saw, and 2 fulling mills, 

 3 stores, 1 woollen factory, and 2 tanne- 

 ries. Statistics of 1840 — Horses, 411; 

 cattle, 1,894 ; sheep, 17,638 ; swine, 1,- 

 389; wheat, bush. 1,964; oats, 13,196; 

 rj'e, 964; buckwheat, .576 ; Indian corn, 



10,368 ; potatoes, 59,482 ; hay, tons, 9,- 

 867 ; sugar, lbs. 9,468 ; wool, 59,388. 

 Population, 1 ,503. 



Nkwport, a post town in the north part 

 of Orleans county, is in hit. 44"^ 55' and 

 long. 4° 40', and is bounded north by Pot- 

 ton, Canada, east by Orleans and Mem- 

 phremagog lake, which separates it from 

 Derby, south by Coventry Gore, and west 

 by Troy. It lies 48 miles north from 

 Montpelier — was granted Oct. 2(), 1781, 

 and cliartered by the name of Duncans- 

 boro, to Nathan Fisk, George Duncan and 

 others, October 30, 1802, containing 23040 

 acres. The name was altered to Newport 

 Oct. 30, 1816. The settlement of this 

 township was begun before the year 1800. 

 It however made but little progress till 

 within a few years past. The timber is 

 principally beech, maple, birch and hem- 

 lock. It is watered by a considerable 

 branch of Missisco river and by several 

 small streams which fall into Memphre- 

 magog lake. Black river also discharges 

 its waters into the lake in this town. Sta- 

 tistics of 1840.— Horses, 169 ; cattle, 681 ; 

 sheep, 1,467; swine, 408; wheat bus. 2,- 

 047; barley, 239; oats, 2,432; rye, 49; 

 buck-wheat, 987; Indian corn, 1,034; 

 potatoes, 21 ,080 ; hay, tons, 1,224 ; sugar, 

 lbs. 33,920; wool, 2,527. Population, 

 591. 



New-Huntington. — Name altered to 

 Huntington, Oct. 27, 1795. See Hunting' 

 ton. 



Norfolk. This wasa small township, 

 situated in the northeastern corner of the 

 state, granted February 26, 1 782, contain- 

 ing 3340 acres. October 23, 1801, it was 

 annexed to the township of Canaan. 



NoRTiiFiELD, a post towu in the south- 

 ern part of Washington county, is in lat. 

 44° 8' and long. 4' 22', and is bounded 

 northerly by Berlin, easterly by Williams- 

 town, southerly by Roxbury,and westerly 

 by Waitsfield. It lies 10 miles southwest 

 from Montpelier, and 35 southeast from 

 Burlington ; was granted November 6, 

 1780, and chartered to Major Joel Mat- 

 thews and others, August 10, 1781, con- 

 taining 18,515 acres. November 7, 1822, 

 a tract from the east part of Waitsfield 

 was annexed to this township. The first 

 land was cleared in this town by the 

 Hon. Elijah Paine on the farm now own- 

 ed by John Averill. The first settle- 

 ment was made in May, 1785, by Amos 

 and Ezekiel Robinson and Staunton 

 Richardson from Westminster. The 

 town was organized in 1794. Doct. Na- 

 thaniel Richardson was first town clerk, 

 and Amos Robinson, Esq. was first repre- 

 sentative. The religious denominations 

 are Congregationalist.s, Methodists, Uni- 



