Georgia, Vermont, USA (Georgia Center) (Georgia Plains) (Hubbard Corner) (Melville Landing) (Oakland) (West Georgia)
1849 Georgia

FRANKLIN Co. The River Lamoille, which runs through the southeast corner of the township, is the principal stream. In the north-east part is a pond, covering thirty or forty acres. It is surrounded by high lands, except a narrow outlet to the north, and is bordered by a grove of alders. The mill privileges are numerous; there being no less than twelve. The soil is sandy in the south part, and the timber principally pine. In the north part it is a gravelly loam and the timber mostly hard wood. The rocks, in the western part, arc limestone ; in the eastern part, slate. The soil is, in general, rich and productive. There are some tracts timbered with hemlock, and some cedar swamps near the lake.

Over what is called Stone Bridge Brook, in the south-western part of the township, is a natural bridge twelve or fourteen feet wide, and the top of it seven or eight feet above the surface of the water. The width of the arch is forty or fifty feet, and its height but a few inches above the surface of the stream.

Boundaries, North by St Albans, east by Fairfax, south by Milton, and west by Lake Champlain.

First Settlers. The settlement was commenced in 1784 and 1785, by Andrew Guilder, from Agremont, Mass., and William Farrand, from Bennington, Vt., with their families. During the two following years a great number of families, mostly from Bennington and the western parts of Massachusetts, moved into the town, and a considerable number of young men without families. The first settlers of Georgia had their share of those privations and hardships which are incident to the settlers of new townships. They at first had to go to Burlington and Plattsburg for their grinding, but the population increased so rapidly, that mills were soon erected.

First Minister. The Rev. Publius Virgil Bogue was settled over the Congregational Church in 1803 ; dismissed in 1813.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 3,897 bushels; Indian corn, 7,875 bushels; potatoes, 34,616 bushels; hay, 4,476 tons ; maple sugar, 17,957 pounds ; wool, 26,467 pounds.

Distances. Fifty miles north-west from Montpelier, and eight south from St Albans. Georgia is on the route of the Burlington and Montreal Railroad.

A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849

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