History of Orange, Vermont, USA

Orange, Vermont
Orange county. This town lies 12 miles S.E. from Montpelier and 12 N. from Chelsea. First settled, 1793. Population, 1830, 1,016.—The soil is cold, and better suited for grazing than grain. Knox's mountain lies in this town:—it is quite an elevation, and is composed principally of granite. Some of the quarries in the town produce excellent granite for building, and here are found plates of beautiful white mica, several inches square. The products of the town in cattle and wool are considerable.

Obanoe Co. Knox Mountain in the north-easterly part of the town is a considerable elevation, and affords inexhaustible quantities of granite for building stone. The timber is chiefly hard wood, except along the streams, where it is spruce, liemlock, cedar, pine and fir. The soil in some parts of the town, pai'ticularly on the heights, is
ORANGE Co. Knox Mountain in the north-easterly part of the town is a considerable elevation, and affords inexhaustible quantities of granite for building stone. The timber is chiefly hard wood, except along the streams, where it is spruce, hemlock, cedar, pine and fir. The soil in some parts of the town, particularly on the heights, is rather cold and wet ; in other parts and on the streams it is rich and productive. The principal stream of water is Jail Branch. Coming from Washington, it receives a considerable stream from the north, called Cold Branch, and the^ passes into Barre. Orange possesses a large and valuable water power.

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ORANGE, a post - township in Orange co., Vermont, 11 miles S. E from Montpelier. Population, 1007.