Shoreham, Vermont, USA
1849 - Shoreham

Addison Co. Shoreham lies on the east side of Lake Champlain, and is watered by Lemonfair River, a good mill stream. The lake here is about a mile wide. The surface of Shoreham is level, and the soil remarkably good. This is one of the best fanning towns in the State. There are some manufactures in the town, and a pleasant and flourishing village on the banks of the lake. Most of the waters here are impregnated with Epsom salts.

This is the site of Newton Academy.

Boundaries. North by Bridport, east by Whiting and Cornwall, south by Orwell, and west by Lake Champlain.

First Settlers. The settlement was commenced about the year 1766, by Col. Ephraim Doolittle, Paul Moore, Marshal Newton, and others. They adopted the Moravian plan, and had all things common, until the settlement was broken up during the revolutionary war. On the return of peace the settlement was recommenced, by some of the former settlers and others from Massachusetts and Connecticut, and the town was soon organized.

First Ministers. Rev. Abel Woods, of the Baptist order, was the first settled minister. The Congregational Church was organized in May, 1792. Rev. Evans Beardsley was settled over it from December 26, 1805, to May 9, 1809.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 3,348 bushels; Indian com, 8.580 bushels; potatoes, 26,180 bushels; hay, 13,560 tons: maple sugar, 2,160 pounds; wool, 95,276 pounds.

Distances. Twelve miles south-west from Middlebury, about forty-two southwest from Montpelier, and twenty-six north from Whitehall, N. Y.

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

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