Manchester, Vermont, USA (Manchester Center)
1849 - Manchester

Bennington Co. One of the county towns. Situated between the Green Mountains on the east, and Equinox Mountain on the west. The latter is 3.706 feet above the sea. There are two neat villages in this valley ; the county buildings are in the south village. The scenery here is very beautiful. The town is watered by the Battenkill and its branches, and affords good mill sites.

The soil along the water (bourses is good, but the principal part of the town is better for grazing than tillage. Here are large quarries of beautiful marble, some manufactures, and a curious cavern.

There are a variety of minerals in Manchester.

Boundaries. North by Dorset, east by Winhall, south by Sunderland, and west by Sandgate.

First Settlers. The settlement of Manchester was commenced in 1764, by Samuel Rose and others, from Dutchess County, N. Y.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 1,481 bushels; Indian corn, 5,764 bushels; potatoes, 30,576 bushels ; hay, 3,553 tons ; maple sugar, 34,950 pounds ; wool, 23,010 pounds.

Distances. Twenty-five miles north by east from Bennington, and about forty west from Bellows Falls across the mountains.

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

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