Brookline, Vermont, USA
1849 - Brookline

Windham Co. This town is about eight miles in length and from one and a half to two and a half miles in width. It was set off from Putney and Athens and incorporated into a township, October 30, 1794. and derives its name from Grassy Brook, which runs through the whole length of the town, from north to south, and empties into West River, on the south-western boundary.

A deep valley runs through the whole length of the township, from north to south, at the bottom of which runs Grassy Brook; which rises in Athens and falls into West River, near the south-west corner of Brookline. Along the whole of the east line of the town is a considerable elevation. West River forms, for a short distance, the western boundary. During a violent freshet, some years since, a bed of kaolin, or porcelain clay, was laid open in this town. The soil is better adapted to the production of grass than grain. There is a medicinal spring in the south part of the town, which Ls considered efficacious in cutaneous affections. The town has always been remarkably healthy.

Boundaries. North by Athens, east by Westminster and Putney, south by Putney and Dummerston. and west by Townshend and Newfane.

First Settlers. The first settlement was made in this township by Cyrus Whitcomb, Jr.. David Ayres, Samuel Skinner, and Jonah Moore, about the year 1777. The first settlers had many hardships to endure, but nothing more than is common in new settlements generally.

First Minister. A Baptist Society was organized here in 1798; the first minister was Rev. Amos Beckwith, settled in 1802.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 294 bushels; Indian corn, 2,815 bushels; potatoes, 9,929 bushels ; hay, 937 tons ; maple sugar, 3,530 pounds ; wool, 2,331 pounds.

Distances. Thirty-five miles south from Windsor, ten north-east from Newfane, and eighteen north from Brattleborough.

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

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