Poultney, Vermont, USA (East Poultney)
1849 - Poultney

Rutland Co, This township is watered by Poultney River and its numerous tributaries, which afford a number of valuable mill sites. The soil is generally warm and productive, and the surface pleasantly diversified with hills and valleys. Along Poultney .River the alluvial flats are extensive and very productive. The timber is mostly deciduous, there being but few evergreens.

A violent freshet, in July, 1811, swept off a number of mills. There are two pleasant villages in Poultney, called East Poultney and West Poultney. Both of these villages are very flourishing in their trade and manufactures, and contain a number of handsome buildings.

Boundaries. North by Castleton, east by Middletown and Ira, south by Wells, and west by Hampton.

First Settlers. The settlement was commenced in 1771, by Thomas Ashley and Ebenezer Allen. The early settlers were mostly emigrants from Connecticut and the western part of Massachusetts.

First Ministers. Rev. Ithamer Hibbard was settled over the Congregational Church in 1780; dismissed in 1796. His successor was Rev. James Thompson, from 1803 to 1820.

Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 1,613 bushels ; Indian com, 22,082 bushels ; potatoes, 28,724 bushels; hay, 5,013 tons; maple sugar, 10,765 pounds; wool, 34,946 pounds.

Distances. Sixty miles south-west from Montpelier, and thirteen southwest from Rutland.



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

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