Corinth, Vermont, USA (East, West, South, Center, Corners) (Cookville) (Goose Green)
1849 - Corinth

Orange Co. The surface of this township is generally very uneven and broken, and the elevations abrupt, yet the land is, in almost every part, susceptible of cultivation. The soil consists of a dark loam, mixed with a small portion of sand, is easily cultivated, and is very productive. The land was originally timbered with hard wood except on the streams, where there was a mixture of hemlock, spruce and fir. Small but handsome specimens of feldspar, garnet, serpentine, hornblend, mica and rock crystal have been found. The rocks are principally granite and mica slate. This township is well watered by Wait's River, which runs through the northeast part, and by several of its branches.

On North Branch, from Topsham, in the north-east corner of the town, is East village. Another branch rises in Washington, passes through the south part of this town, and unites with Wait's River in the western part of Bradford. There are some other streams on which mills and other machinery are erected.

Boundaries. Northerly by Topsham, easterly by Bradford, southerly by Vershire, and westerly by Washington.

First Settlers. In the spring of 1777, previous to the settlement of the town, Ezekiel Colby, John Nutting and John Armand, spent several weeks here in manufacturing maple sugar. They started together from Newbury, with each a five pail kettle on his head, and with this load they travelled, by a pocket compass, twelve miles through the wilderness to the place of destination near the centre of the township. This year, Mr. Colby moved his family into Corinth, which was the first family in town. The next year, 1778, Mr. Nutting moved his family here, and Mrs. Colby was delivered of a son, Henry, the first child born in town. In 1779, Messrs. Edmund Brown, Samuel Norris, Jacob Fowler and Bracket Towle, moved their families here, and the same year, Mr. John Aiken, of Wentworth, N. H., erected the first grist mill, which went into operation the year following. Previous to this, the settlers had to go to Newbury, twelve miles, for their grinding. In 1780, several other families came in, and the town was organized.

First Ministers. A Freewill Baptist Church was organized in the north part of the town in 1805, and one in the south part in 1807. A Congregational Church was organized in 1820, and in 1821 they settled the Rev. Calvin Y. Chase, who died here in 1831.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 6,745 bushels; Indian corn, 10,506 bushels; potatoes, 71,845 bushels; hay, 6,240 tons ; maple sugar, 33,585 pounds ; wool, 20,343 pounds.

Distances. Twenty miles south-east from Montpelier, and ten north-east from Chelsea. The Connecticut River Railroad passes near this town.


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

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