Fairfield, Vermont, USA (East) (Fairfield Station) (Saint Rocks)
1849 - Fairfield

Franklin Co. Black Creek is a considerable stream, which issues from Metcalf Pond in Fletcher, and runs through this township, affording an excellent stand for mills. Fairfield River is a small stream, which, also, takes its rise in Fletcher, and passes through the town near its centre, affording several good mill privileges. These streams unite and fall into Missisco River in Sheldon. Smithfield Pond, lying in the westerly part of the town, is about three miles long and one and a half broad. At the outlet is an excellent stand for mills, and another on the same stream about two miles below. The township was originally covered principally with hard wood. The surface is uneven, but very little of it so broken as to be unfit for cultivation. The soil is generally good.

Boundaries. North by Sheldon, east by Bakersfield, south by Fletcher and Fairfax, and west by St. Albans and Swanton.

First Settlers. The first settler of this town was Mr. Joseph Wheeler. He moved into it with hie family in March, 1788. In 1789, Hubbard Barlow and Andrew Bradley, with several others, moved into the town. Smithfield Beaden, was the first child born here, in the part called Smithfield. The proprietors made him a present of 100 acres of land.

First Minister. The Rev. Benjamin Wooster was settled over the Congregational Church in 180; died in 1840, aged seventy-seven.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 4,270 bushels; Indian corn, 5,686 bushels; potatoes, 76,920 bushels; hay, 7,765 tons; maple sugar, 71,765 pounds; wool, 24,663 pounds.

Distances. Forty-five miles northwest from Montpelier, and twenty-seven north north-east from Burlington.

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

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