Sandgate, Vermont, USA
1849 - Sandgate

Bennington Co. The people of this town are favored with mountain air, and Avith crystal streams which even the Bostonians might relish.

Shetterack and Bald Mountains are in the north-west part of the town ; Spruce and Equinox are in the northeast; Red Mountain is in the southeast ; and Swearing Hill in the southwest. Between these elevations is some good land, which produces grass and grain ; and which, with the mountain browse, affords feed for large flocks of sheep.

Boundaries. North by Rupert, east by Manchester, south by Arlington, and west by Salem, N. Y.

First Settler. The settlement of this town was commenced in 1771, by a Mr. Bristol.

The religious denominations are Congregationalists and Methodists.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 621 bushels ; Indian com, 3,427 bushels : potatoes, 23,278 bushels; hay, 3,145 tons ; maple sugar, 5,725 pounds ; wool, 17,020 pounds.

Distances. Twenty miles north from Bennington, and thirty-one south by west from Rutland.

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

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