History of Woodford, Vermont, USA

Woodford, Vermont
Bennington county. This mountain town is 7 miles E. from Bennington on the road to Brattleborough. Population, 1830, 395.

Woodford contains several large ponds, from which issue branches of Woloomsack and Deerfield rivers. There is a good deal of wild scenery on the road in crossing the mountains from Bennington through Woodford and Searsburgh: the gurgling of the streams down the mountain sides, allay, in a great degree, the fatigue of the journey. The greater part of this township is too elevated and broken for cultivation. It is a good location for the sportsman; for fish and fowl are abundant, and the deer, the bear, and other wild animals, roam with almost undisputed sway.

Bennington Co. Woodford contains several large ponds, from which issue branches of Woloomsack and Deerfield Rivers. There is a good deal of wild scenery on the. road, in crossing the mountains from Bennington through Woodford and Searsburgh. The gurgling of the streams down the mountain sides allays, in a great degree, the fatigue of the journey. The greater part of this tovm is too elevated and broken for cultivation. It is a good location for the sportsman ; for fish and fowl are abundant, and the deer, the bear, and other wild animals, roam with almost undisputed sway.

The town began to be settled immediately after the revolutionary war.

Boundaries. North by Glastenbury, east by Searsburgh and a part of Readsborough, south by Stamford, and west by Bennington.

Productions of the Soil. Buckwheat, 27 bushels; Indian corn, 40 bushels; potatoes, 1,900 bushels ; hay, 193 tons ; maple sugar, 515 pounds; wool, 350 pounds.

Distances. Seven miles east from Bennington, on the road ...