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St.
Albans is the county town. This county is bounded north by Lower
Canada, east by Orleans County, south-east and south by Lamoille County,
south by Chittenden County, and west by Lake Champlain. The Missisco
River passes through the northern part of the county, and the Lamoille
its most southern section. The principal part of the trade of this
county goes to Canada, by Lake Champlain, which affords it many facilities
of transportation.
Although
the surface is somewhat broken, and is some parts mountainous, yet the
soil is productive of wheat and grass. Many cattle are annually taken
from this county to market. In this county marble and iron ore, of
excellent qualities, are found.
(Gazetteer
of Vermont, by John Hayward, 1849, p. 62-63)
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