Sutton, Vermont, USA (Billymead) (Sutton Depot) (Summit Siding)
1849 - Sutton

Caledonia Co. Sutton is watered by two considerable branches, which unite near the south line of Burke, and join the Passumpsic River in Lyndon. There are several ponds, of which Fish Pond is the largest, and it lies in the north-west comer. It covers about 200 acres, and discharges its waters into Barton River.

The surface of Sutton is generally even, and considerable tracts of it are so low and wet as to be incapable of cultivation. There are several bogs of marl in this town.

Boundaries. North-easterly by Westmore and a part of Newark, east by Burke, south by Lyndon, and west by Sheffield.

First Settlers. The settlement of Sutton was commenced about the year 1791, by a Mr. Hacket, who was soon after joined by other families from R. Island and Connecticut.

First Minister. Elder Amos Beckwith was settled over the Baptist Church in 1804.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 2,876 bushels; Indian com, 1,372 bushels; potatoes, 61,175 bushels; hay, 3,088 tons ; maple sugar, 85,430 pounds ; wool, 7,755 pounds.

Distances. Twenty-one miles north from Danville, and fifty-one north-east from Montpelier.

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

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