Bolton, Vermont, USA
1849 - Bolton

Chittenden Co. This town was chartered June 7, 1763, and originally contained thirty-six square miles. On the 27th of Oct. 1794, the north-east part of Huntington was annexed to it The first settlers were Noah Dewey, Peter Dilse, James Moore, Thomas Palmer, Robert Stinson, and John and Robert Kenedy. The township was first regularly surveyed in 1800 by John Johnson, Esq. It lies midway between Montpelier and Burlington, its post office being eighteen miles from each. The town is very mountainous and broken, and but a small part of it capable of being settled. Winooski River runs through the town from east to west, and along the banks of this stream nearly all the inhabitants reside. The river receives several branches in this town, both from the north and south. The township lies on the western range of the Green Mountains.

Boundaries. North by Mansfield, east by Waterbury, south by Huntington, and west by Richmond and Jericho.

Productions of the Soil Wheat, 961 bushels; Indian corn, 2,174 bushels; potatoes, 13,400 bushels; hay, 1,116 tons; maple sugar, 13,215 pounds; wool, 6,081 pounds.

Distances. Nineteen miles south-east from Burlington, and nineteen northwest from Montpelier. The great Northern Railroad from Boston to Burlington passes through the town.

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

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