WINDHAM County, Vermont
History <-> Genealogy
Located in the southeastern corner of Vermont, towns and communities in
Windham County include: Athens, Bartonsville, Bellows Falls,
Brattleboro, Brookline,
Cambridgeport, Dover, Dummerston, East Dover, East Dummerston, East Jamaica,
Grafton, Green River, Guilford, Halifax, Jacksonville, Jamaica, Londonderry, Marlboro, Newfane, Putney, Rockingham, Saxtons River,
Somerset, Stratton, Townshend, Vernon, Wardsboro, West Brattleboro,
West Dover, West Dummerston,
West Halifax, West Townshend,
Westminster, Whitingham,
Williamsville, Wilmington
and Windham.
Select this LINK to see
GENERAL Windham County information and links.
Select from the TOWN list above to view information and links specific
to that area.
Please note: Though the information on this web page is believed
to be correct, the possibility of error remains. Please notify the webmaster should an error
be found.
Neighboring Counties
- Interactive
Tiger Map of Windham County, Vermont (ca. 1998)
- Windham County
Historical Societies
- Green Mountain
Railroad - P.O. Box 498, Bellows Falls, VT 05101.
- Vermont's Covered
Bridges visit by town and county.
- Great Falls Regional Chamber of
Commerce
- The
Historical Society of Windham County & Museum
- VTGenWeb
for Windham County, Vermont
Genealogy, hosted by Rod Skinner.
- The
Towns of Windham County. (1891), from Vermont Historical Gazetteer:
a local History of all the Towns in the State, Civil, Educational, Biographical,
Religious and Military. Vol. V. Collated by Abby Maria Hemenway. Published
by Mrs. Carrie E. H. Page, Brandon, VT, 1891. Online transcription
edited by Sue Downhill along with a team of 20 VTWINDHA-L volunteers, with
the cooperation of Rod Skinner.
- Vermont State Historic
Sites and Historic
Road Markers
- Profile for
Windham County, Vermont
- 1895 Map of Windham
County, Vermont, by Pam Rietsch at: prietsch@ismi.net
- USGS:
Maps
of Windham County, Vermont features - including cemeteries,
populated
places, and more. Please note that the map town listed with
a feature may be used as a map reference for the site, and may not be the
town where the feature is actually located...Select a map to see the location
of the actual feature. This database may not be complete, and, as with
any database, there may be errors.
- GIS Windham Regional Commission
- Maps
- USGenWeb
for Vermont
Genealogy
- Windham
County Vermont Genealogy Archives
- Windham County,
Vermont Quick Facts
- Marlboro District Probate Court
West River Road - P.O. Box 523 - Brattleboro VT
05302 Phone: (802) 257-2898.
* Westminister District Probate Court
39 Square - P.O. Box 47 - Bellow Falls VT 05101 Phone:
(802) 463-3019.
ATHENS - Athens Town Clerk:
25 Brookline Road - Athens, VT 05143 Phone: (802)
869-3370
BRATTLEBORO - Welcome to Brattleboro
includes a History
from the 1700s
BROOKLINE - Virtual Vermont - About Brookline
- Brookline Town Clerk:
P.O. Box 403 - Newfane, VT 05345 Phone: (802) 365-4648
DOVER - includes villages of Dover, West Dover &
East Dover - Dover,
VT- History Page.
- The Dover Historical Society
P.O. Box #53, East Dover, VT 05341-0053
- Dover Town Clerk:
P.O Box 527 Rte. 100 - West Dover, VT 05356 Phone: (802)
464-5100.
DUMMERSTON -
Dummerston community web pages
- Dummerston Town Clerk:
RR 2 Box 995 - Putney, VT 05346 Phone: (802) 257-1496.
GRAFTON - Cambridgeport
(an Grafton and Rockingham towns boundary. - Grafton, VT.
- The Old Tavern at
Grafton, VT.
- Grafton Town Clerk:
P.O. Box 180 - Grafton, VT 05146 Phone: (802) 843-2419.
GUILFORD - Guilford
Center, Guilford, West Guilford, Green River - Guilford Town Clerk:
RR 3 Box 255 - Brattleboro, VT 05301 Phone: (802) 254-6857.
HALIFAX - Halifax
Town Clerk:
P.O. Box 45 - West Halifax, VT 05358 Phone: (802) 368-7390.
JAMAICA - Jamaica
Town Clerk:
P.O. Box 173 - Jamaica, VT 05343 Phone: (802) 874-4681.
LONDONDERRY -
Londonderry Chamber of Commerce
- Londonderry Town Clerk:
P.O Box 118 - South Londonderry, VT 05155 Phone:
(802) 824-3356.
MARLBORO -
Marriages
copied by David C. Young from "The History of the Town of Marlborough, Windham
County, Vermont" by Rev. Ephraim H. Newton
- Marlboro Town Clerk: P.O Box E - Marlboro, VT 05344
Phone: (802) 254-2181.
NEWFANE - Newfane, Williamsville
- Newfane, Vermont Guide
- The
Historical Society of Windham County & Museum
- History of
Newfane, Vermont, online by Rod Skinner
- Newfane, Vermont
(community site)
-
Moore
Free Library
Newfane, VT 05345
- Town of Newfane, Vermont
- Newfane Town Clerk:
Route 30, P.O
Box 36 - Newfane, VT 05345 Phone: (802) 365-7772.
PUTNEY - East Putney,
Putney - The Town of Putney
Municipal web site
- Putney, Vermont
- Putney Town Clerk: P.O Box 233 - Putney, VT 05346
Phone: (802) 387-5862.
- Putney Public Library
Phone: (802) 387-4407
ROCKINGHAM - Bartonsville, Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Saxtons
River - Bellows Falls,
VT: A Walking Tour
- Green Mountain
Railroad - P.O. Box 498, Bellows Falls, VT 05101.
- Rockingham Town Clerk:
P.O Box 339 - Bellows Falls, VT 05101 Phone: (802) 463-4336.
SOMERSET -
History of
Somerset, Vermont, online by Rod Skinner
- Virtual Vermont - About Somerset
STRATTON - Stratton Town Clerk:
P.O Box 166 - West Wardsboro, VT 05360 Phone: (802) 896-6184.
TOWNSHEND - Townshend,
West Townshend, Harmonyville - Townshend, Vermont
- Townshend Town Clerk:
P.O Box 223 - Townshend, VT 05353 Phone: (802)
365-7300.
VERNON - Vernon, South
Vernon - Vernon Free
Library
- 567 Governor Hunt Road, Vernon, VT 05354, Phone: (802) 257-0150
- Town of Vernon, Vermont
- Vernon Town Clerk: P.O Box 116 - Vernon, VT
05354 Phone: (802) 257-0292.
WARDSBORO -
Wardsboro Public Library
- 170 Main Street, Gloria Danforth Memorial Building, Wardsboro, VT
-
Wardsboro Town Clerk:
HCR 61 Box 182 - Wardsboro, VT 05355 Phone: (802) 896-6055.
WESTMINSTER -
Westminster,
Windham County, Vermont by Rachel
Valliere Duffalo
-
Westminster
Historical Society
P. O. Box 2 - Westminster, VT 05158-0002. -
Town of Westminster, Vermont
- Westminster
Town Clerk:
P.O Box 271 - Westminster, VT 05158 Phone: (802) 722-4091.
WHITINGHAM - Jacksonville
- Town of Whitingham, Vermont
- Whitingham Town Clerk:
2964 Route 100 - Village of Jacksonville, VT 05342 Phone: (802) 368-7887.
WILMINGTON -
The White House of Wilmington,
Vermont.
-
Historical Society of Wilmington
- Town of Wilmington, Vermont
-
Wilmington Town Clerk:
P.O. Box 217 - Wilmington, VT 05363 Phone: (802) 464-5836.
WINDHAM -
Virtual Vermont for Windham, VT
- Windham
Town Clerk:
RR 1 Box 109 - West Townshend, VT 05359 Phone: (802) 874-4211.
Additional Research Resources:
PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann McRoden Mensch,
Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching onsight, and with the vast resources of The Allen County Public
Library, holding one of the largest genealogical collections in North
America. Search the Library's online
catalogue to see some of the printed resources available for a location
or topic.
Printed resources for this page include:
- The Vermont Atlas & Gazetteer. Eighth Edition, Third
Printing. Freeport, Maine: Delorme. 1988.
- School and Library Atlas of the World. Fred W. Foster,
Ph.D. (Editor). Sycamore, Illinois: School and Library Publishing
Company. 1982.
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