Berkshire, Vermont, USA (East Berkshire)
1849 - Berkshire

Franklin Co. Missisco River runs through the south-east comer of the town, and receives Trout River near the line of Enosburgh. On these streams is some fine intervale. Pike River enters the township from Canada, and, after taking a circuit of several miles, and affording here some of the finest mill sites in the country, returns again into Canada. On Pike River, in this town, are several mills. The soil is various, but generally good. Its surface is diversified with gentle swells and vales, but does not rise into mountains. It is well watered with brooks.

Boundaries. North by St. Armand, in Canada, east by Richford, south by Enosburgh, and west by Franklin.

First Settlers. This township was granted to William Goodrich, Barzilla Hudson, Charles Dibble, and their associates, March 13, 1780, and was chartered by the name of Berkshire, June 22, 1781. The settlement of this town was commenced in 1792 by Job Barber. Stephen Royce, Daniel Adams, Jonathan Carpenter, and Phinehas Heath, moved their families here in 1793, and from this time the settlement advanced with considerable rapidity. Elihu M., son of Stephen Royce, was born in 1793, and was the first child born in town. The town was organized in 1794, and David Nutting was first town clerk.

First Ministers. There are two Congregational Churches, one in East, the other in West Berkshire. The former was organized Oct. 8, 1820: the other many years earlier. The Episcopal Church, called Calvary Church, is in East Berkshire, and was organized about 1820. The names of the clergy of these churches are not given.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 3,834 bushels ; Indian corn, 2,876 bushels ; potatoes, 67,995 bushels: hay, 3,818 tons; maple sugar, 31,785 pounds; wool, 9,457 pounds.

Distances. Fifty miles north-west from Montpelier, twenty-two north-east by east from St. Albans, and forty-five north-east by north from Burlington.

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

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