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CALEDONIA
COUNTY, VT
A county in the E. N. E. part of Vermont, has an area of about
650 square miles. It is bounded on the S. E. by the Connecticut, and drained
by the Passumsick, Lamoille, and Wells rivers, which turn numerous grist
and saw mills. The surface is rough, and in the W. part mountainous.
The soil is good, especially along the valleys of its numerous streams.
Potatoes, oats, maple sugar, and grass are the staples. In 1850 this county
produced 565,841 bushels of potatoes; 218,735 of oats; 59,449 tons of hay;
1,206,272 pounds of butter, and 854,820 of maple sugar. The quantity of
maple sugar was the greatest produced by any county in the United States,
except St. Lawrence, New York.
There were 15 woollen factories, 18 starch works, 1 foundry, 19
flour mills, 44 saw mills, 1 scale manufactory, 19 tanneries, and 85 boot
and shoe manufactories. It contained 41 churches, and 2 newspaper establishments.
There were 7841 pupils attending public schools, and 638 attending academies
or other schools. It contains several sulphur springs, and abounds in granite
and limestone. The railroad connecting Bellows Falls and St. Johnsbury
partly intersects this county. Organized in 1792. Capital, Danville. Population,
28,595.
(1854 U.S.
Gazetter)
Caledonia,
VT, Towns
Caledonia
County Timeline
1791 ~
Vermont admitted as a state of the Union.
1792 ~
Caledonia Co. legislatively formed from Orange Co.
1794 ~
Caledonia Co. locally organized.
1810 ~
Part of Jefferson Co. formed from part of Caledonia Co.
1824 ~
Caledonia Co. gained from Essex Co.
1835 ~
Washington Co. gained from Caledonia Co.
1856 ~
Washington and Essex Cos. gain from Caledonia Co.
1858 ~
Orleans Co. gained from Caledonia Co.
1891 ~
Caledonia Co. gained from Washington Co.
1895 ~
all county boundaries in VT reach current form.
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from "AniMap Plus: County Boundary Historical Atlas" by GoldBug Software
of Alamo, CA. --- provided by Diana Matthiesen April 2001 |
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Caledonia
County,Vermont Links
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are off site) |
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Caledonia
County VTGenWeb |
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1764-1887
~ Towns of Caledonia County, Vermont Business Directories |
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Gazetteer
of Caledonia and Essex, Counties, VT., 1764-1887 |
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Caledonia,
VT Political Graveyard |
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Cemeteries
of Caledonia County, Vermont |
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The
Caledonian Record -- of St. Johnsbury has been published since 1837. |
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Local
Historical Societies in Vermont: Caledonia County |
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1895
Caledonia County Vermont Atlas |
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1858
Statistics for Caledonia County, Vermont |
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Caledonia
Co. VT Genealogy & Family History Queries ~ DistantCousins.com |
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Caledonia
County, Vermont World War II Casualties Army and Airforce |
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Map
of Caledonia County |
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Caledonia
County, VT Genealogy Forum |
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Vermont
Genealogy Resources ~ Caledonia County Townships |
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Caledonia
County Vital Records Office |
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Caledonia
County Genealogy Queries ~ Cousin Connect |
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Caledonia
County Vermont Newspapers |
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Biographical
sketches from the Vermont Legislative Directory, Biennial Session, 1902 |
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Caledonia
County Migrations Across Vermont |
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