Pownal, Vermont, USA (North, Center)
1849 Pownal

Bennington Co. The surface of this township is considerably uneven, but the soil is generally good, and produces plentiful crops. It is well adapted to the production of grain and grass, and here are kept some of the finest dairies in the State. The principal stream is Hoosic River, which is [formed here and passes off in a northwesterly direction into the town of Hoosic, N. Y. Along this stream are some rich and beautiful tracts of intervale, and on it are several valuable stands for mills.

Some of the head branches of Walloomscoik River rise in the north-eastern part of Pownal, and pass off into Bennington.

Boundaries. North by Bennington, east by Stamford, south by Williamstown, Mass., and west by Hoosic, New York.

First Settlers. The settlement of Pownal, under the New Hampshire charter, was commenced in the spring of 1762, there being at that time four or five Dutch families within the limits of the township, claiming under the "Hoosic Patent," granted by the government of New York. Among the early settlers of the town were the families of Wright, Gardner, Morgan, Dunham, Noble, Card, Curtis, Watson, and Seelye, but the precise time when they severally came into the town is not ascertained.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat 1,075 bushels; Indian corn, 11,117 bushels; potatoes, 28,215 bushels; hay, 3,164 tons; maple sugar, 6,087 pounds; wool, 22,367 pounds.

Distances. Thirty miles west by south from Brattleborough, and eight south from Bennington.


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

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