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Gazetteer of Vermont
by John Hayward
pub: Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 
     114 Washington Street, Boston - 1849
source: Library of Congress


         Pg 37
         
         BROWNINGTON
         
         Orleans Co.  This town is watered by Willoughby
       River. The soil in many parts of the town is good,
       but is generally better for grazing than tillage.
       Brownington was formerly the shire town of the
       county.
       
         It is a place of some business, and has a neat
       village. The settlement of the township was com-
       menced about the year 1800.
       
         Boundaries. North-easterly by Salem, and 
       Charleston, south-easterly by Westmore, south-
       westerly by Barton, and west by north by Orleans
       and a small part of Irasburgh.
       
         Productions of the Soil. Wheat, 1,549 bushels;
       Indian corn, 426 bushels; potatoes, 22,600 bushels;
       hay, 1,391 tons; maple sugar, 18,395 pounds; wool,
       4,711 pounds.
       
         Distances. Six miles east from Irasburgh, and
       forty-eight north-east from Montpelier.
       
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