Part III. 



GAZETTEER OF VERMONT. 



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WATERBUKY RIVER. 



WATKRFORI). 



WATERVILLE. 



over this church from 1826 to 1839. The 

 present minister, the Rev. J. F. Stone, 

 was settled in 1839. There are two small 

 but pleasant villages. The largest, called 

 JVatcrbury Street, is in the south part near 

 Winooski river, and contains a Congre- 

 gational meeting-house, built in 1324, a 

 Methodist meeting-house, built in 1841, a 

 village school-house, a tavern, 3 stores, a 

 post office, bearing the name of the town, 

 and the usual variety of mechanics. The 

 other village is near the centre of the 

 township, and is called IVatrrhary Centre. 

 It contains a post office, bearing the name 

 of the village, two brick meeting-houses, 

 one belonging to the Baptists and the 

 other to the Metjiodists, I store, &c. 

 There is much level land in this town, 

 and where the surface is uneven, the 

 swells are generally so gradual as to pre- 

 sent little or no obstacle to cultivation. 

 The soil is good, being in sreneral dry 

 and warm. The intervale on Winooski 

 river, and on several smaller streams, ia 

 not surpassed in fertility by any in the 

 state, and the lands in every part of the 

 town produce in a manner that amply 

 repays the labor of the skilful farmer. 

 The rocks are principally chlorite and 

 mica slate and quartz, the former con 

 taining sulphuret of iron and sulphuret of 

 copper. The timber is generally hard 

 wood, with a considerable mixture of 

 spruce and hemlock. The town is sepa- 

 rated from Duxbury by Winooski river. 

 Waterbury river runs through it from north 

 to south. In the easterly part is a large 

 brook, called Thatcher's branch, running 

 nearly parallel to Waterbury river. These 

 two streams affiard several excellent mill 

 privileges, most of which are now occu- 

 pied. Smaller streams are numerous in 

 all parts of the township. In the south- 

 west corner of the township the passage 

 of Winooski river through a considerable 

 hill is reckoned a curiosity. See Winoo- 

 ski river. There are in town 4 meeting- 

 houses, 17 school districts, 2 post offices, 

 4 stores, 1 tavern, 2 grist and 10 saw 

 mills, 3 tanneries, 1 clothing works and 

 woollen factory. Statistics of 1840. — 

 Morses, 210 ; cattle, 1 ,608 ; sheep, 4,085 ; 

 swine, 493 ; wheat, bus. 2,329 ; barley, 

 50; oats, 11,775; rye, 120; buckwheat, 

 2,100; Indian corn, 4,070 ; potatoes, 21,- 

 389 ; hay, tons, 3,327 ; sugar, lbs. 25,502; 

 wool, 9,001 Population, 1,192. 



Waterbury Rivkr rises in Morris- 

 town, and runs south througli the Vv'cst- 

 ern part of Stow and Waterbury into Wi- 

 nooski river. In Stow it receives one 

 considerable tributary from the east which 

 rises in Worcester, and two from the 

 west which rise in Mansfield. It also re- 



ceives several tributaries from the west, 

 in Waterbury, which originate in Dolton. 

 The whole length of the stream is about 

 16 miles, and it affords a number of good 

 mill privileges. 



Waterford, a post town in the east- 

 ern part of Caledonia county, is in lat. 

 44" 26' and long. 5"^ 1', and is bounded 

 northeast by Concord, southeast by Con- 

 necticut river, which separates it from 

 Lyman, N. H., southwest by Barnet, and 

 northwest by St. Johnsbury. It lies 32 

 miles nearly east from Montpelier and 21 

 north from Newbury. It was granted 

 November 7, 1780, and chartered to Ben- 

 jamin Whipple and others, November 8, 

 1780, by the name of Littleton. The set- 

 tlement of this township was commenced 

 in 1787. The town was organized May 

 6, 1793, and Selah Howe was the first 

 town clerk. The name was altered from 

 Littleton to Waterford in 1797. The reli- 

 gious denominations are Congregational- 

 ists, Methodists, Freewill Baptists, and 

 Baptists. The Rev. Asa Carpenter was 

 ordained over the Congregational church 

 May 30, 1798, and dismissed June 18, 

 1816. The Rev. Reuben Mason was or- 

 dained Oct. 20, 1819, and dismissed in 

 1825; the Rev. Thomas Hall, Sept. 28, 

 1825, and is the present minister. The 

 church at present consists of about 120 

 members. There are three meetino-- 

 houses ; that belonging to the Congrega- 

 tionalists is near the centre, and that be- 

 longing to the Freewill Ba])tists is near 

 the line between this townshi|) and St. 

 Johnsbury. The number of deaths in this 

 town up to the year 1814, was 110, aver- 

 aging seven per year, since the com- 

 mencement of the settlement. The Pas- 

 sumpsic river runs across the northwest 

 corner, and Moose river just touches up- 

 on this township. Stiles' pond is in the 

 southeast part, and covers about 100 

 acres. The fifteen mile falls in the Con- 

 necticut are partly against this township. 

 There are some flats along the river here, 

 but they are narrow and not overflown at 

 high water. The surface is generally 

 rough and stony, and the timber maple, 

 beecli, birch, spruce, hemlock, <tc. In 

 this town there are 3 stores, 1 oil mill, 

 and 8 saw mills. Statistics of 1840. — 

 Plorses, 465; cattle, 2,573; sheep, 7,341 ; 

 swine, 1,263; wheat, bus. 2,750; barley, 

 239; oats, 23,022; rye, 438 ; buckwheat, 

 459; Ind. corn, 5,022; potatoes, 64,265; 

 hay, tons, 5,015 ; sugar, lbs. 29,805 ; 

 wool, 12,032. Population, 1,388. 



Water Quechee River. Sec Oiia Que- 

 chee River. 



Waterviixe, a post town in the north- 

 western part of Lamoille county, is in 



