History of Shoreham, Vermont, USA

Shoreham, Vermont
Addison county. This town lies on the east side of Lake Champlain, and is watered by Lemonfair river, a good mill stream. It is 12 miles S.W. from Middlebury and 26 N. from Whitehall, N.Y. The lake here is about a mile wide. Population, 1830, 2,137. The surface of the town is level and the soil remarkably good. This is one of the best farming towns in the state. In 1837, there was 26,584 sheep in Shoreham. There are some manufactures in the town, and a pleasant and flourishing village on the banks of the lake. Most of the waters here are impregnated with Epsom salts. See Bridport.

Shoreham was first settled in 1766, by a number of persons who adopted the plan of holding all things in common. This mode of holding property was, however, relinquished about the time of the revolutionary war.

Addison Co. Shoreham lies on the east side of Lake Champlain, and is watered by Lemonfair River, a good mill stream. The lake here is about a mile wide. The surface of Shoreham is level, and the soil remarkably good. This is one of the best fanning towns in the State. There are some manufactures in the town, and a pleasant and flourishing village on the banks of the lake. Most of the waters here are impregnated with Epsom salts.

This is the site of Newton Academy.

Boundaries. North by Bridport, east by Whiting and Cornwall, south by Orwell, and west by Lake Champlain.

First Settlers. The settlement was commenced about the year 1766, by Col. Ephraim Doolittle, Paul Moore, Marshal Newton, and others. They adopted the Moravian plan, and had all things common, until the settlement was broken up during the revolutionary war. On the return of peace the settlement was recommenced, by some of the former settlers and others from Massachusetts and Connecticut, and the town was soon...