Windham Co. Branches of West, Williams', and Saxton's Rivers give this town a good water power. The surface of the town is elevated ; the soil, though strong, is better adapted for grazing than tillage.
Windham was formerly a part of Londonderry.
The actynolite, embedded in talc, is found in this town, in slender four-sided prisms of a leek green color. The crystals vary in size ; some are six inches in length and an inch in breadth. These crystals are abundant. Chlorite, garnets, serpentine, and steatite, are also found.
There is in this town a beautiful pond.
Boundaries. North by Andover, east by Grafton, south by Jamaica, and west by Londonderry.
First Settlers. Edward Aiken, James McCormick, and John Woodburn.
First Minister. Rev, John Lawton was settled over the Congregational Church, in 1809.
Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 1 ,378 bushels ; Indian corn, 1,434 bushels ; potatoes, 36,083 bushels; hay, 2,723 tons; wool, 11,722 pounds.
Distances. Thirty miles north-east from Bennington, and twenty-five south-west from Windsor.
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