Cabot, Vermont, USA
1849 Cabot

Caledonia Co. This towm lies on the heiirht of land between Winooski and Connecticut Rlvers. "The Plain" is delightfully situated, having the ' Green and White Mountains in prospect. Several branches of the Winooski River water this town, and afford it some water power. Here is Jo and Molly's Pond, and a sulphur spring. The surface is broken and hard, but good for sheep. This is the birth place of the late Zerah Colburn, the celebrated mathematician.

Boundaries. North by Walden. east by Danville and Peacham, south by Marshfield, and west by Monroe.

First Settlers. The settlement of this town was commenced on what is called Cabot Plain, in April, 1785, by James Bruce, Edmund Chapman, Jonathan Heath and Benjamin Webster, with their families. The females came into the town on snowshoes, and were obliged to suffer many privations and hardships.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 3,383 bushels-, Indian corn, 1,768 bushels; potatoes 70.487 bushels; hay, 4,489 tons; maple sugar, 34,715 pounds; wool, 13,316 pounds.

Distances. Ten miles south-west from Danville, and twenty north-east from Montpelier.

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

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