Jamaica, Vermont, USA (Rawsonville)
1849 Jamaica

Windham Co. West River passes through this township, and, together with its tributaries, affords numerous and excellent mill privileges. The surface of Jamaica is broken and mountainous, and the elevations rocky, but the soil is, in general, warm and productive. A range of primitive limestone passes through the township, from which lime is manufactured in the eastern part, where there is a fine locality of dolomite. It is granular, flexible, and of a snow white color. In a vein of the dolomite is found the micaceous oxyde of iron. It is brilliant, fine grained, and the particles are separated by rubbing between the fingers. There is a pleasant and flourishing village near the centre of the town, in which are several stores and manufacturing establishments. The Ball Mountain Manufacturing Company in this town was incorporated in 1848.

Boundaries. North by Windham and Londonderry. east by Townshend, south by Wardsborough, and west by a part of Stratton, and a part of Winhall.

First Settlers. This settlement was commenced in 1780, by William, Benjamin, and Caleb Howard, and others, from Mendon, Mass., and its vicinity.

First Minister. The Rev. John Stoddard was the first settled minister. He was settled over the Congregational Church in 1795 ; dismissed in 1798.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 1,226 bushels; Indian corn, 5,152 bushels; potatoes, 44,680 bushels; hay, 3,531 tons; maple sugar, 13.531 pounds 5 wool, 8,111 pounds.

Distances. Ninety miles south from Montpelier, and fourteen north-west from Newfane.

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

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