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GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



Part III. 



ST. AI.BANS. 



ST. GEORGE 



with a school house in each ; 1 store, 1 

 grist and 5 saw mills. Statistics of 1840. 

 Horses, 31.5; cattle, 1,3]-') ; sheep, .5,270; 

 swine, 1,313; wheat, bus. 3,421 ; barley, 

 417; oats, 32,952; rye, 27; buckwheat, 

 37; Indian corn, 3,389; potatoes, 47, 17G; 

 hay, tons, 3,959 ; su^ar, lbs. 11,308 ; wool, 

 9,200. Population,''! ,222. 



St. Albans, a post town and capital of 

 Franklin county, is in lat. 44° 49' and 

 long. 3" 54', and is bounded north by 

 Swanton, east by Fairfield, south by Geor- 

 gia, and west by lake Champlain, a part of 

 which separates it from North Hero. It lies 

 25 miles north from Burlington, and 48 

 northwest froniMontpelier. This township 

 was chartered Aug. 7, 1763, containing 23,- 

 040 acres. J. Walden is supposed to have 

 been the first civilized person who settled 

 in this township. He removed here dur- 

 ing tlie revolutionary war, and began im- 

 provements at the bay. There was no 

 addition to the settlement till 1785, when 

 Andrew Potter emigrated to this town- 

 ship, and from that time the settlement 

 advanced rapidly, by emigrants from the 

 eouth part of this state, and from the other 

 states of New England Among the ear- 

 liest settlers were, the families of Messrs. 

 Potter, Morrill, Gibbs, Green, and Meigs. 

 The town was organized in 1788. An- 

 drew Potter was tlie first representative 

 in the general assembly. The religious 

 denominations are, Congregationalists, 

 Methodists and Episcopalians. The Rev. 

 Jonathan Nye was the first settled minis- 

 ter. He was settled over the Congrega- 

 tional church from 1807 to 1810, the Rev. 

 Willard Preston from January 8, 1812 to 

 August 2, 1815, Rev. Henry B, Strong 

 from January 22, 1817 to October 4,1821, 

 and the Rev. Worthington Smith, the 

 present minister, from June 4, 1823. 

 Their house of worship in the village, 

 was built in 1826. The church consists 

 of upwards of 100 members. The Epis- 

 copal church, by the name of Union 

 Church, was organized about 20 j'ears 

 ago, and from 1825, has had, successive- 

 ly, the services of the following clergy- 

 men : the Rev. Joseph S. Coville, the 

 Rev. Sylvester Nash, tlie Rev. George 

 Allen, and the Rev. Wm. H. Hoit who 

 is the present rector. The church which 

 is in the village, has recently been rc- 

 moddeled,and is now one of the first Epis- 

 copal cliurches in the state. Present 

 communicants, 70. The Methodist soci- 

 ety is large and has a chapel in the vil- 

 lage, but we are unable to give particu- 

 lars. There are no large streams, nor 

 good mill privileges in this townsliip. 

 There are, however, several saw mills. 

 The soil is a dark loam, rich and in a good 



state of cultivation. The timber is ma- 

 ple, beech, birch, and, near the lake, oak. 

 St. Albans village is very pleasantly situ- 

 ated in the centre of the township. It 

 lies 25 miles nortli from Burlington, 1.5 

 south of Canada line, and 3 miles from 

 the lake. The village, consisting of about 

 100 dwelling houses, besides stores and 

 other buildings, is situated around a hand- 

 some common 25 by 30 rods in ex- 

 tent. The site is elevated and ascends 

 gently towards the east. The ])ublic huil- 

 dings are a court house and jail, 3 houses 

 for public worship, and an academy. 

 There are 12 English and India goods 

 stores, 1 book store, 2 printing offices, 3 

 taverns, several cabinet makers, 1 hat 

 factory, 2 chair factories, 2 manufactories 

 of tin ware, 1 goldsmith and watchmaker, 

 3 tanneries, and a variety of other me- 

 ciianics' shops. There are here 13 prac- 

 tising attornies, 4 physicians, and 16 

 merchants. The inhabitants are indus- 

 trious and enterprising. The first vessel 

 tiiat arrived at the city of New York from 

 lake Champlain through the northern ca- 

 nal was built and owned here. St. Al- 

 bans Academy, or Franklin county gram- 

 mar school, was incorporated and estab- 

 lished here in November, 1799. At the 

 landing place on Belamaqueen bay, three 

 miles west of St. Albans village, is a small 

 village, and a meeting house; and there 

 is, during summer, a daily line of steam- 

 boats, eacii way, between this place and 

 Burlington, by the way of Plattsburgh 

 and Port Kent. There is, also, a daily 

 line of stages each way through St. Al- 

 bans village, besides some which are less 

 frequent. Statif<tics of 1840- — Horses, 

 437 ; cattle, 1,839; sheep, 13,210; swine, 

 560 ; wheat, bus. .5,250 ; barley, 60 ; oats, 

 8,556; rye, 220; buckwheat, 117; Indian 

 corn, 7,1 12; potatoes, 33,325 ; hay, tons, 

 5,180; sugar, lbs. 5,000; wool, 39,175. 

 Population, 2,702. 



St. Andrews Gore. Sec Plaivfield. ■ 

 St. George, a small township in the 

 central part of Chittenden county, is in 

 lat. 44" 24' and long. 3° 48', and is boun- 

 ded north and northeast by Williston, 

 south by Hinesburgh, and west by Shel- 

 burnc. It lies 8 miles southeast from Bur-- 

 lington, and 28 nearly west from Montpe- 

 lier. It was chartered Aug. 18, 1763, and 

 contains only 2,200 acres. Tlie settle- 

 ment was commenced here in the spring 

 of 1784, by Joshua Isham, from Colches- 

 ter, Conn. The ne.xt year several others 

 joined the settlement. The town was or- 

 ganized in March, 1813. Jared Higbee 

 was first town clerk, and Lewis Higbee 

 first representative. Tlie surface of the 

 township is very uneven, with consider- 



