Weybridge, Vermont, USA
1849 - Weybridge

Addison Co. Weybridge is watered by Otter Creek, which affords it good mill sites. Lemonfair River, a sluggish stream, also waters it. Some parts of the town are mountainous, but the soil is generally good ; the basis being limestone, it yields good crops.

Boundaries. North and east by Otter Creek, which separates it from New Haven and Middlebury, south by Cornwall, and west by Bridport and Addison.

First Settlers. The settlement was commenced about the beginning of the revolutionary war, by David Stow and John Sanford, but the settlers were soon after dispersed, or made prisoners by the enemy. The settlement was recommenced on the return of peace. The first settlers were mostly from Massachusetts.

First Minister. A Congregational Church was organized in 1794. Rev. Jonathan Hovey was settled over it, from 1806 to 1816.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 717 bushels ; Indian corn, 4,808 bushels ; potatoes, 14,215 bushels; hay, 2,776 tons : maple sugar, 896 pounds ; wool, 28,989 pounds.

Distances. Thirty miles south by east from Burlington. It adjoins Middlebury, through which the Southern Railroad passes.



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

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