Rutland
is the chief town. This county is bounded north by Addison County,
east by Windsor County, south by Bennington County, and west by the State
of New York. The principal streams are Otter Creek, Black, White,
Queechy, and Pawlet Rivers. There is some fine land in this county
along Otter Creek, but a large portion of it is elevated, and some parts
mountainous. The soil, however, is generally warm and well suited
for grazing.
Many
cattle are annually taken to market. Excellent iron ore is found
at the base of the mountains, and a range of marble quarries extends the
whole length of the county, from north to south. This marble is of
a fine quality; much of it is wrought and transported.
(Gazetteer
of Vermont, by John Hayward, 1849, p. 107-108)
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Ira
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Benson
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Mendon
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Rutland
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Brandon
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Middletown
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Sherburne*
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Castleton
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Mount Holly
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Shrewsbury
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Chittenden
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Mount Tabor
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Sudbury
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Clarendon
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Pawlet
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Tinmouth
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Danby
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Pittsfield
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Wallingford
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Fair Haven
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Pittsford
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Wells
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Hubbardton
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Poultney
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West Haven
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