Derby, Vermont, USA (Derby Line) (Beebe Plain)
1849 - Derby

Orleans Co. The surface of this township is very level, more so than any other in the county. There are some plains of several hundred acres extent ; and, where the land rises, the elevations are gradual and moderate and hardly deserve the name of hills. The land is well timbered, principally with rock maple and other hard wood.

Cedar swamps of from one to ten acres are found in various parts. The soil is fertile and abundantly productive. The River Clyde passes through the south part of the township in a north-westerly direction, affording numerous mill sites. Salem Pond, through which Clyde River passes, lies partly in this town, and is four miles long and three broad. Hinman's Pond, near the centre of the town, is one and a half miles long and three quarters broad, and empties into Salem Pond.

Boundaries. North by Stanstead in Canada, east by Holland, south by Salem, and west by Memphremagog Lake, which separates it from Newport.

First Settlers. The first settlement was made here in 1795, by Alexander Mogoon, Henry Barrel, and the Hon. Timothy Hinman. Emigrants from Connecticut and other places soon made it a flourishing town.

First Ministers. In 1808, Elder Samuel Smith was settled over the Baptist Church and Society in this town, and died in 1810. The Rev. Luther Leland was settled over the Congregational Church in 1810, and died in November, 1822.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 5,176 bushels ; Indian corn, 3,080 bushels , potatoes, 9,306 bushels; hay, 3,896 tons; maple sugar, 47,633 pounds; wool, 10,446 pounds.

Distances. Twelve miles north-east from Irasburgh, and fifty-two northeast from Montpelier. This is the celebrated Derby Line over which the brazen steed will soon pass, to smoke a pipe with the Canadians.

For the distances from the mouth of Connecticut River to this place, see Hayward's Book of Reference.


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

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