Williston, Vermont, USA
1849 - Williston

Chittenden Co. This is an excellent farming town, of a rich soil, with an uneven surface, but not mountainous. It is very productive of all the varieties common to a northern climate. Its product of wool, in 1837, was 9,225 fleeces.

Williston is watered by Winooski River and some smaller streams, but its water power is small.

Thomas Chittenden was the father of this town. He came here in 1774. He was a member of the convention, which, in 1777, declared Vermont an independent State, and was active in procuring its admission into the Union. When the Vermont Constitution was established, in 1778, Mr. Chittenden was selected as a candidate for governor, to which office he was annually elected, with the exception of one year, till his death, in 1797. He was sixty-seven years of age.

Boundaries. North by Winooski River, which separates it from Essex, east by Jericho and Richmond, south by St. George, and west by Muddy Brook, which separates it from Burlington.

First Minister. Rev. Aaron Collins was settled over the Congregational Church in 1800 ; dismissed in 1803.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 2,726 bushels; Indian corn, 7,526 bushels; potatoes, 42,529 bushels ; hay, 4,926 tons; maple sugar, 13,167 pounds; wool, 23,138 pounds.

Distances. Twenty-seven miles west north-west from Montpelier.

This town adjoins Burlington, and is easy of access to lake and railroad transportation.

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

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