Headnote

Brandon, Vt., Rutland co. Watered by Otter Creek, Mill River, and Spring Pond, on which streams are good mill sites. Some of the land is level, with rather a light soil, but that on Otter Creek is excellent. Bog iron ore is found here; also, abundance of marble. There are two curious limestone caverns in this town. 60 miles N. W. from Windsor, and 40 S. W. from Montpelier. The Rutland Railroad passes through it. (Gazetteer of the United States of America, 1854)

Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Rutland County, VT

Brandon, Vermont (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
BRANDON, p. t., Rutland co., Vt., 14 ms S. W. of Montpelier; from W. 472 ms. Watered by Otter creek and Mill river. Pop. 2,835.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 50.

Brandon, Vermont (Hayward)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Brandon, Vt., Rutland co. Watered by Otter Creek, Mill River, and Spring Pond, on which streams are good mill sites. Some of the land is level, with rather a light soil, but that on Otter Creek is excellent. Bog iron ore is found here; also, abundance of marble. There are two curious limestone caverns in this town. 60 miles N. W.  from Windsor, and 40 S. W. from Montpelier. The Rutland Railroad passes through it.
John Hayward, Gazetteer of the United States of America.... (Philadelphia: James L. Gihon, 1854), 301.
Date Type
Stephen A. Douglas is born in Brandon, Vermont Personal
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