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Orange County was establised in
1781, from Cumberland County, Vermont, which was created from Cumberland and
Gloucester counties, in
Located in eastern Vermont, with the Connecticut
River as it's eastern boundary, and the state of New Hampshire across the
river, the communities in Orange County include: Boltonville, Bradford,
Braintree, Brookfield, Chelsea, Corinth, East Corinth, East Orange, East
Randolph, Ely, Fairlee, Newbury, Orange, Post Mills, Randolph, South Newbury,
South Strafford, Thetford, Tunbridge, Vershire, Waits River, Washington, Wells
River, West Corinth, West Fairlee, West Newbury, West Topsham, Williamstown.
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Map of
Orange County
TOWNS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's name, in normal
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1764 NH |
Cookville, |
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1761 NH |
Ely, Fairlee |
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1763 NH |
Boltonville, Newbury, Newbury Center, Peach Four Corners, South Newbury, West Newbury, Wells River |
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1763 NH |
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1761 NH |
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1781 VT |
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- Orange
County, Vermont History, from The
- Index
to the 1790 Census of Orange County, Vermont
- Index
to the 1790 Census of Orange County and Caledonia County, Vermont
- VTGenWeb
for Orange County,
- W.P.A. Collection
for Vermont: Herbert
Wheeler - Mrs. Rebecca N. Halley of
- 1895 Orange County, Vermont Atlas, by Pam Rietsch at: prietsch@ismi.net
- Randolph Area Chamber of Commerce
- Orange County Vermont Historical Societies
- Orange County Historical Markers
- Information by Town, Orange County - Center for Rural Studies.
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R.R.1 Box 30 -
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- Bradford, Vermont Census - 1790 -
- MOA: A
History of Bradford, Vermont, containing some account of the place of its
first settlement in 1765, and the pricipal improvements made, and events
which have occurred down to 1874--a period of one hundred and nine years.
With various genealogical records, and biographical sketches of families
and individuals,some deceased, and others still living ... Written
by request of said town, By Silas McKeen,
- Town of Bradford, Vermont
- Bradford Town Clerk: P.O. Box 339 -
- 1790
Census of Braintree, Vermont
- Braintree Historical
Society - (Braintree Hill, Braintree, VT)
RFD 1 - Thayer Brook Road, Randolph, VT 05060 - Phone: (802) 728-9291. - Braintree Town Clerk:
Phone: (802) 728-9787
- 1790
Census of Brookfield, Vermont
- Brookfield Historical
Society - (Marvin Newton House, Ridge Rd.,
40 Ralph Road -- History of Brookfield Free Public Library, from the book: “Where the Books Are,” by Patricia W. Belding
P.O. Box 463 -
Phone: (802) 276-3352
- 1790
Census of Chelsea, Vermont
- Chelsea Historical Society
- (Main Street in Chelsea, VT)
Museum: VT Rte. 110, - Mailing Address:
Main Street- Town of Chelsea, Vermont
- 1790
Census of Corinth, Vermont
- Town of Corinth, Vermont
- Corinth Town Clerk:
- Blake Memorial Library
- 1790
Census of Fairlee, Vermont - Ely was south Fairlee until 1927
- Town of Fairlee, Vermont
- Fairlee Historical Society
- (
- Fairlee Public Library
- Fairlee Town Clerk: P.O. Box 95 - Fairlee, VT 05045 - Phone: (802) 333-4363.
- 1790
Census of Newbury, Vermont
- Lower Cohase Regional Chamber of Commerce (Bradford & Newbury, Vermont)
- Historic Register: Newbury Town House
- Newbury Historical Society: One-Room School House, West Newbury, VT
- Newbury Town Clerk:
P.O. Box 126 - Newbury, VT 05051 - Phone: (802) 866-5521.
- 1790
Census of Orange, Vermont
- Central Vermont Travel Guide:
- About Orange, VT
- History of Orange, By Elsie Beard
- Orange Town Clerk:
P.O. Box 233 - East Barre, VT 05649 - Phone: (802) 479-2673.
POST MILLS a village in the Township of Thetford, Vermont
- 1790
Census of Randolph, Vermont
- Randolph, Vermont Chamber of Commerce - area business guide
- Randolph, Vermont
- Randolph Historical Society Museum - (Salisbury Street in Randolph, VT)
67 Main Street - Randolph, VT 05060 Phone: (802) 728-5073.
- 1790
Census of Strafford, Vermont
- Town of Strafford, Vermont
- Strafford Town Clerk:
P.O Box 27 - Strafford, VT 05072 Phone: (802) 765-4411.
THETFORD – includes the villages of East Thetford, North Thetford, Post Mills, Rices Mills, Thetford Center, Thetford Hill, and Union Village
- VTGenWeb for Thetford Township, by Karen De Groote-Johnson
- 1790
Census of Thetford, Vermont
- Child’s History of Thetford, Vermont, from Gazetteer of Orange County, Vermont, 1762-1888, by Hamilton Child, Syracuse, N. Y. : The Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders, 1888, (pp. 419-451).
- Thetford Historical
Society - (Hughes Barn Museum at 2274 Route 113, Thetford, VT)
P.O. Box 33 – 16 Library Road, Thetford, VT 05074 - Phone: (802) 785-2068. - Thetford Library
Federation
- Town of Thetford, Vermont
- Thetford Town Clerk:
P.O. Box 126 - Thetford Center, VT 05075 Phone: (802) 785-2922. - Book resource: History and Folklore of Post Mills, Vermont, by Jesse A. Baldwin, Thetford, Vermont: Thetford Historical Society, 1983 (Second Printing, 1993)
- 1790
Census of Topsham, Vermont
- About Topsham (on epodunk) – includes maps
- Topsham Town
Clerk:
P.O. Box 69, Topsham, VT 05076 Phone: (802) 439-5505.
- 1790
Census of Tunbridge, Vermont
- Tunbridge Vermont Genealogy, by Marjorie MacNeill.
- Tunbridge's Mill Bridge and the Multiple-kingpost Truss, from Spanning Time: Tour 11 - The Northern Tributaries of the White River.
- Tunbridge Historical Society
24 The Crossroad, Tunbridge, VT, 05077 - Phone: (802) 889-3458. - Tunbridge Public Library
RR. 110 - Tunbridge, VT 05077 - Phone: (802) 889-9404. - Tunbridge Town Clerk:
P.O. Box 6 - Tunbridge, VT 05077 Phone: (802) 889-5521.
6894 VT Rte 113, Vershire, VT 05079 Phone: (802) 685-2227.
- 1790
Census of Washington, Vermont
- Central Vermont Travel Guide: About Washington, VT and History of Washington
- Washington Town Clerk:
2974 VT RTE 110, Washington, VT 05675 Phone: (802) 883-2218.
Route 113, Bean Hall - W. Fairlee, VT 05083 Phone: (802) 333-9696.
- 1790
Census of Williamstown, Vermont
- Welcome to Williamstown, VT
- Williamstown Historical Society
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498 Boyce Road - Williamstown, VT 05679 Phone: (802) 433-1283. - Williamstown Town Clerk:
P.O Box 646 - Williamstown, VT 05679 Phone: (802) 433-5455. - Vermont Courts - Office of the Court Administrator, State of Vermont.
Additional Research Resources:
· NARA: National Archives and Records Administration
o 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm
o 1930 Census Microfilm Locator
o Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840
o Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930
o Nonpopulation Census Records
o Prologue, Spring 1996, Vol. 28, No. 1, "First in the Path of the Firemen" The Fate of the 1890 Population Census, by Kellee Blake.
o Immigration Records and Naturalization Records
o "Any woman who is now or hereafter may be married... Women and Naturalization, ca. 1802-1940", by Marian L. Smith (Prologue, Summer 1998)
o By Way of Canada: U.S. Records of Immigration Across the U.S.-Canadian Border, 1895-1954, By Marian L. Smith (St. Albans Lists) (Fall 2000) — A guide to using immigration records of the U.S.-Canada border.
o Military Records available from the National Archives
o Military Service and Pension Records: Requesting Pre-WWI
o Civil War Records: An Introduction and Invitation, By Michael P. Musick (Prologue, Summer 1995)
o Women Soldiers of the Civil War, by DeAnne Blanton (Prologue, Spring 1993)
- State of Vermont
- Vermont Genealogy - How to obtain Vital Records
- Vermont Life Explorer - Official Site of the Vermont Dept. of Tourism
- Vermont Historical Society
109 State Street - Montpelier, Vermont 05609-0901 Phone: (802) 828-2291. - Vermont Travel and Tourism
- Vermont in the Civil War by Tom Ledoux.
- Local Catholic Church History & Genealogy Research Guide & Worldwide Directory + Vermont Page.
- U.S. Census Bureau Interactive County Maps for VT.
- Vermont Geography.
- Library of Congress: American Memory All Collections Search - enter topic or Indiana town and/or county location to find available online photos, maps, and more!