Genealogy in Bennington County, Vermont

Town of Sandgate


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Sandgate lies in the northwestern part of Bennington County and is roughly bounded by Hebron (in Washington County, New York) on the northwest, Rupert on the north, Dorset on the northeast, Manchester on the east, Sunderland on the southeast, Arlington on the south, Jackson on the southwest, and Salem on the west (the preceding two towns in Washington County, New York). Sandgate was chartered August 18, 1761 and settled in 1771. The town of Sandgate includes the locales of Beartown, Sandgate, and West Sandgate.

In 1853, Zadock Thompson described the town of Sandgate as follows:
SANDGATE, a post town in the western part of Bennington county, is in lat. 43° 10' and long. 3° 54', and is bounded north by Rupert, east by Manchester, south by Arlington, and west by Salem, N.Y. It lies 20 miles north from Bennington, 31 southwest from Rutland, and was chartered Aug. 18, 1761. The settlement was commenced in 1771 by a Mr. Bristol. The religious denominations are Congregationalists and Methodists. The surface of this township is very broken and mountainous. The most considerable elevations are Shettarack and Bald Mountain in the northwest corner, Spruce and a part of Equinox mountain in the northeastern part, Red mountain in the southeast part and Swearing hill in the southwest part. The streams are all small consisting of several branches of the Battenkill, and of White creek, and the mill privileges are few. The town is divided into 9 school districts, and contains 1 store, 1 grist, 1 fulling and 3 saw mills, and 1 woollen factory. Statistics of 1840.--Horses, 169; cattle, 885; sheep, 8,437; swine, 593; wheat, bus. 612; oats, 8,225; rye, 3,138; buck-wheat, 1,387; Indian corn, 3,427; potatoes, 23,278; hay, tons, 3,145; sugar, lbs. 5,725; wool, 17,020. Population, 777.
(Source: Thompson, Zadock, 1796-1856. History of Vermont : natural, civil, and statistical ... / by Zadock Thompson. -- Burlington : Z. Thompson, 1853. -- pt. 3, p. 159)

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