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Town of Stamford


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Stamford lies in the southern part of Bennington County and is roughly bounded by Bennington on the northwest, Woodford on the north, Searsburg on the northeast, Readsboro on the east, Monroe (in Franklin County, Massachusetts) on the southeast, Florida and Clarksburg on the south, Williamstown on the southwest (the preceding three towns in Berkshire County, Massachusetts), and Pownal on the west. Stamford was chartered March 6, 1753. The town of Stamford includes the locale of Stamford.

In 1853, Zadock Thompson described the town of Stamford as follows:
STAMFORD, a township in the south part of Bennington county, is in lat. 42° 47', and long. 4° 0', and is bounded north by Woodford, east by Reedsborough, south by Clarksburgh, Mass. and west by Pownal. It lies nine miles southeast from Bennington, 21 southwest from Brattleborough, and was chartered March 6, 1753, containing, by charter, 23,040 acres. The surface of this township is very uneven, and a considerable share of it waste land. The south part is watered by some of the head branches of Hoosic river. In the north part are several natural ponds, and the most important of which are Moose pond and Fish pond. The waters from this part run northerly into the Walloomscoik. The streams here are all small. The town is divided into four or five school districts, and contains several mills. Statistics of 1840.--Horses, 112; cattle, 572; sheep, 1,259; swine, 292; wheat, bu. 267; barley, 6; oats, 3,666; rye, 355; buckwheat, 398; Indian corn, 569; potatoes, 14,755; hay, tons, 1,652; sugar, 21,050; wool, 3,059. Population, 662.
(Source: Thompson, Zadock, 1796-1856. History of Vermont : natural, civil, and statistical ... / by Zadock Thompson. -- Burlington : Z. Thompson, 1853. -- pt. 3, p. 164)

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