Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2022 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Gazetteer of Vermont by John Hayward pub: Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 114 Washington Street, Boston - 1849 source: Library of Congress Pg 20 ALBANY Orleans Co., This town was granted in the year 1781, by the name of Lutterloh; in 1815 it was changed to its present name. The town is not mountainous, but in some parts the surface is uneven. Albany is watered by Black River, which is formed in Crafts- bury, and passes through it in a north-easterly direction, and by several of its branches. There are likewise several consid- erable ponds, the most important of which, Great Hosmer's Pond, is partly in Craftsbury. The soil is generally sandy or gravelly. Along the river is some fine intervale. Boundaries. North-easterly by Irasburgh, south-east by Glover, south-west by Craftsbury, and north-west by Lowell and Eden. First Settlers. The town was organized March 27, 1806, and BENJAMIN NEAL was the town clerk. Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 2,618 bushels; Indian corn, 1,597 bushesl; potatoes, 43,389 bushels; hay, 2,685 tons; maple sugar, 42,298 pounds; wool, 6,121 pounds. Distances. Six miles south from Irasburgh, and thirty-seven north-east from Montpelier. ================================================================================