Starksboro, Vermont, USA
1849 - Starksborough
Addison Co. This town is watered by Lewis Creek and Huntington River, which are good mill streams. There are three springs in the town, not more than twenty rods apart, which unite and form a stream of sufficient power for a number of mills, and is thus improved. The town is rough and mountainous.
Hog's Back Mountain skirts its western border, and East Mountain passes through its centre, and divides the waters of the rivers. There is some good land in the town, but a large portion of the territory is too elevated for cultivation. Here are two pleasant villages, and the manufactures of iron are considerable.
Boundaries. North by Huntington and Hinesburgh, east by Huntington and Buel's Gore, south by Lincoln and Bristol, and west by Monkton.
First Settlers. The settlement was commenced in April, 1788, by George Bidwell and Horace Kellogg with their families. John Ferguson and Thomas V. Ratenburgh came into that part of Monkton which has since been added to this township, about the same time. The first settlers emigrated principally from New York and Connecticut. Mr. Bidwell lived fifty-two years on the place where he settled, endured at first many privations and hardships, but by industry and economy acquired a handsome landed property, and died April 13, 1840, aged eighty-four. He was in his day one of the principal men in the town, and he is still remembered with gratitude and affection.
First Ministers. A Congregational Church was organized here in 1804. There is in this town a society of Friends.
Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 1,478 bushels ; Indian corn, 5,800 bushels ; potatoes, 30,200 bushels; hay, 3,120 tons ; maple sugar, 10,690 pounds ; wool, 10,260 pounds.
Distances. Twenty-two miles west by south from Montpelier, and eighteen north by east from Middlebury.
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
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