Plainfield, Vermont, USA
1849 - Plainfield

Washington Co. Plainfield is watered by Winooski River, which passes through the north-west comer, and by Great Brook, which passes through the town in a northwesterly direction into Winooski River. At the junction of these streams is a neat village.

There is a small pond in the eastern part, which is well furnished with excellent trout. There is also a mineral spring, similar to those in Newbury, which is a place of some resort for invalids. It is situated so near the margin of Great Brook, as to be overflowed at high water.

The surface of the town is uneven, but is well timbered. There is but little waste land, and the soil is generally of a good quality.

Boundaries. North by Marshfield, east by Goshen Gore, south by Barre and Orange, and west by Montpelier.

First Settlers. The settlement was commenced about the year 1794, by Theodore Perkins, Joseph Batchelder, and Seth Freeman. They were joined the next year by Jonathan and Bradford Kinney, Moulton Batchelder, John Moore, and others, from different parts of New England.

First Ministers. A Congregational Church was organized here about the year 1796 or 1797 ; a Methodist, about the year 1800; and a Universalist Society, about the year 1820. These societies have generally been supplied by itinerant preachers.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 4.298 bushels; Indian corn. 1,036 bushels: potatoes, 26,316 bushels; hay, 2,832 tons; maple sugar, 13,980 pounds; wool, 11,201 pounds.

Distances. Nine miles south-east from Montpelier.

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

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