Eden, Vermont, USA (Eden Mills)
1849 - Eden

LAMOILLE Co. The streams in this township are numerous. Wild Branch and Green River rise in the eastern part. The former runs through the corner of Craftsbury, and the latter through the corner of Hydepark, and both fall in to the River Lamoille in Wolcott. They are both considerable mill streams. The Branch, which is the outlet of North Pond, runs across the north-west corner of Hydepark and falls into the Lamoille in Johnson. North Pond is two miles long, and of very unequal width. A tongue of the land extends into it from the south, three quarters of a mile, which is, in some places, no more than two rods wide, and on which grow large quantities of blue and black whortleberries. These berries are found nowhere else in this part of the county. The township is considerable mountainous. Mount Norris and Hadley Mountain lie on the north line of the township, and partly in Lowell. Belvidere Mountain lies partly in the north-west corner of the township, and its summit is probably the highest land in the county, excepting, perhaps, Jay Peak. In the western part of Eden is some good tillage land. The eastern part being the dividing ridge between the waters of Lakes Champlain and Memphremagog, is moist and cold, but good for grazing. No town in the vicinity furnishes, in proportion to its wealth and number of inhabitants, so many and so good beef cattle as this, for market. Rocks, principally mica and chlorite slate.

Boundaries. Northerly by Lowell, easterly by Craftsbury, southerly by Hydepark and Johnson, and westerly by Belvidere.

First Settlers. The settlement was commenced in 1800, by Thomas H. Parker, Isaac Brown, and Moses Wentworth.

First Minister. The Rev. Joseph Farrar was settled over the Congregational Church in 1811, and dismissed in 1815.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 1,318 bushels; Indian corn, 828 bushels; potatoes, 38,250 bushels; hay, 2,050 tons; maple sugar, 18,290 pounds; wool, 3,958 pounds.

Distances. Ten miles north-east from Hydepark and thirty miles north from Montpelier.

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

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