CHITTENDEN County,
Vermont
History <-> Genealogy
This page is authored and maintained by Ann
Mensch, however, Karima
has created a new site for the VTGenWeb
for Chittenden County, so please visit her new site.
Chittenden County is located in northwestern Vermont, with Grand
Isle County and Lake Champlain to it's west, Franklin County to the
north, Lamoille and Wasington counties to the east, and Addison County
to the south.
Select this LINK to see GENERAL CHITTENDEN
County
information and links.
Select from the TOWN list
to see the names of Chittenden County Towns and communities and
settlements
within the towns.
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.
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Chittenden County
TOWNS
are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's name, in
normal type.
Select from the following town list to see information and links for
the town of interest.
TOWNS - Villages, communities
BOLTON - Bolton, West Bolton.
BUELS GORE -
BURLINGTON - City of Burlington.
CHARLOTTE - Charlotte, East Charlotte,
Prindle Corners.
COLCHESTER - Colchester, Nourses
Corner.
ESSEX - Butlers Corners, Essex Center,
Pages Corner.
HINESBURG - Hinesburg, Mechanicsville,
Rhode Island Corners.
HUNTINGTON - Hanksville, Huntington,
Huntington Center.
JERICHO - Jericho, Jericho Center,
Riverside.
MILTON - Checkerberry Village, Milton,
Miltonboro, West Milton.
RICHMOND - Fays Corner, Jonesville,
Richmond.
SHELBURNE - Shelburne, Shelburn Falls.
SOUTH BURLINGTON - South
Burlington
ST. GEORGE - St. George.
UNDERHILL - North Underhill, Underhill
Center, Underhill Flats.
WESTFORD - Brookside, Westford.
WILLISTON - Kirby Corner, North
Williston, Tafts Corner, Williston.
WINOOSKI - Winooski.
- State of
Vermont
-
1790
U. S. Census of Chittenden County, Vermont Towns,
(includes towns which later became part of the counties of Franklin,
Chittenden, Lamoille and portions of Orleans, Washington and Addison
Counties), abstracted by Ann Mensch,
SC for VTGenWeb. Note: This census of Vermont was actually
taken in 1791.
- Ethan
Allen Grave and Monument - Burlington, Vermont
- Ethan
Allen Homestead - Ethan Allen Homestead Trust
1 Ethan Allen Homestead, Suite 2 - Burlington,
VT 05401 Phone: (802) 865-4556.
- Local Vermont Historical Societies in: Chittenden County
Historical Societies.
- Chittenden
County Genealogy, by Mal.
- Wilson A. Bentley
(1865-1931) produced wonderful photomicrographs of snowflakes at his
Jericho, Vermont farm
- VHS:
The Vermont Flood of 1927 - counties reporting casualties
include:
Chittenden, Lamoille, Orleans, Rutland, Washington and Windsor.
- Lake Champlain and
Lake George: America's Historic Waterways, by Jim Millard
- Table
of
Contents - includes the following and much more!!!
- Lake Champlain and Lake George Area
MAP
and Historic sites
- Historic
TOUR! A
Trip
through the Lake Champlain Islands South from the Quebec
border...Alburg,Vermont.
- Historic
TIMELINEs!
- "...Some of the conflicts that the lakes were to play a
significant role in are:..." Algonquin/ Iroquois Wars, King William's
War
(1689-1697), Grey
Lock's War/Dummer's War (1723-1727), Queen Anne's War
(1702-1713), King
George's War (1744-1748), The French and Indian War
(1755-1763), The
American Revolution (1775-1783), and The War of 1812
(1812-1815)
- The Battle
of Plattsburg, NY (11 SEP 1814).
- Crown
Point, NY: An Outline History by Gregory T. Furness.
- His
Majesty's fort at Crown Point
- Fort
Carillon/Ticonderoga "...Fort Carillon Built 1756 by French
partially destroyed by
French in 1759 Rebuilt as Fort Ticonderoga 1759-60 by British..."
- USGS:
Maps
of Chittenden County Vermont features - including cemeteries,
churches,
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.
- The Vermont
French-Canadian
Genealogical Society
- Chittenden Probate Court
175 Main St. Box 511 - Burlington, VT 05402
Phone: (802) 864-7481 or (802) 651-1518. - Chittenden County
Clerk
175 Main Street - Burlington, VT 05401-8310 Phone:
(802) 864-7481.
BOLTON - Bolton Town Clerk: RD
1 Box 445 - Waterbury, VT 05676 Phone: (802) 434-5075.
BURLINGTON - City of Burlington, VT Home Page
- Ethan
Allen Grave and Monument - Burlington, Vermont
- Ethan
Allen Homestead - Ethan Allen Homestead Trust
1 Ethan Allen Homestead, Suite 2 - Burlington, VT
05401 Phone: (802) 865-4556.
- Fletcher Free Library - with Local History Room
235 College Street - Burlington, VT 05401
Phone: (802) 863-3403. - About.com Guide to Burlington, VT
- Burlington City
Clerk:
City Hall Room 20 - Burlington, VT 05401 Phone: (802)
865-7140. - Vital
Records
Information
Vital Records, City of Burlington, 149 Church Street - Burlington, VT
05401
CHARLOTTE - Town of Charlotte,
VT
- Charlotte Memorial Museum
Hill's Point Road - Charlotte, VT 05445
Hours: July - August; Sundays. - Charlotte
Town Clerk: P.O Box 119 - Charlotte, VT 05445 Phone:
(802) 425-3071.
- The Town of Chittenden is
located in Rutland
County, Vermont.
COLCHESTER - The Town of Colchester, VT.
- Vermont Veterans Militia Museum & Library
Camp Johnson - Colchester, VT 05446-3004
Phone: (802) 654-0360. - Colchester Town Clerk: P.O
Box
55 - Colchester, VT 05446 Phone: (802) 655-0811.
ESSEX - Village of Essex Junction, VT
- includes:
- Town of Essex, VT
- Essex
Community Historical Society
3 Browns River Road - Essex Junction, VT 05452
Phone: (802) 878-1354.
Articles
about Essex, Vermont history
- Essex
Free Library
(Corner of Route 15 and Route 128) Essex Center, VT
Phone: (802) 879-0313 - Essex
Town Clerk:
81 Main Street - Essex Junction, VT 05452 Phone:
(802) 879-0413
Email: rguillette@essex.org
HINESBURG - Hinesburg, Mechanicsville -
Hinesburg Town Clerk:
- Route 166, P.O Box 133 - Hinesburg, VT 05461 Phone: (802)
482-2281.
HUNTINGTON - Huntington Town
Information
- Huntington Historical Society
P.O. Box 147 - Huntington, VT 05462 Phone:
(802) 434-4350. - Huntington Town Clerk:
4930 Main Road - Huntington, VT 05462 Phone: (802)
434-2032
JERICHO - Jericho and Underhill
Vermont, Community Network
- Wilson A. Bentley
(1865-1931) produced wonderful photomicrographs of snowflakes at his
Jericho, Vermont farm
- Jericho Historical Society - Route 15
P.O. Box 35 - Jericho, VT 05465 Phone: (802)
899-3225. - Jericho Town Clerk: P.O Box 67 -
Jericho,
VT 05465 Phone: (802) 899-4936.
MILTON -
Welcome to the Town of Milton, VT
- Milton Town Clerk: P.O Box 18 - Milton, VT 05468
Phone: (802) 893-4111.
RICHMOND - Jonesville, Richmond - Richmond
Town Clerk: P.O Box 285 - Richmond, VT 05477 Phone: (802)
434-2221.
SHELBURNE - The Town
of Shelburne
- Shelburne Museum:
Exhibit Buildings and Historic Homes:
U.S. Route 7 - P.O. Box 10 - Shelburne, VT 05482. - Shelburne
Town Clerk: P.O Box 88 - Shelburne, VT 05482 Phone: (802)
985-5116.
SOUTH BURLINGTON - South
Burlington Town Clerk:
575 Dorset St. - S. Burlington, VT 05403 Phone:
(802) 658-7952.
ST. GEORGE - St. George Town
Clerk: RD 2 Box 445 - Williston, VT 05495 Phone: (802)
482-2522.
UNDERHILL - Jericho and Underhill
Vermont, Community Network
- Wilson A. Bentley
(1865-1931) produced wonderful photomicrographs of snowflakes at his
Jericho, Vermont farm
- Underhill Town Clerk:
P.O Box 32 - Underhill Center, VT 05490 Phone: (802)
899-4434.
WESTFORD - est. 1763 - Bowman Corners,
Brookside, Cloverdale, Westford - Westford Vermont
- Welcome to Our Hometown
- Westford
Historical Society
P.O. Box 21 - Westford, VT 05494 - Westford
Town Clerk: RR #1 Box 30 - Westford, VT 05494 Phone: (802)
878-4587.
- Cemeteries include:
- Brookside Cemetery: est. 1790 (per USGS),
located in
central Westford township, near Rogers Brook, at the village of
Brookside.
Latitude: 443535N; Longitude: 0730222W, see Map
of location.
- Cloverdale Cemetery: est. 1805 (per USGS), located in
eastern Westford township, north of Cloverdale, on the west side of the
Grand Army of the Republic Highway 15. see Map
of approximate location.
- Osgood Hill Cemetery: est. 1799 (per USGS), located in
central Westford township, north of Rogers Brook. Latitude:
443517N; Longitude:
0725940W, see Map
of location.
- Pleasant View Cemetery: est. 1804 (per USGS), located
in northern Westford township, on the east side of 128, north of the
village of Westford. Latitude: 443743N; Longitude:
0730104W, see Map
of location.
- Richardson Cemetery: est. 1805, last burial in 1881
(per USGS).
- Westford Plains Cemetery: est. 1815, located in
northern Westford township, southeast of the village of Fairfax Falls
in Franklin County and northeast of Westford village. Latitude:
443755N; Longitude: 0725835W, see Map
of location.
WILLISTON - Kirby Corner, Tafts Corner,
Williston - Williston
Vermont Town Home Page includes a History
- Williston Town Clerk:
722 Williston Road - Williston, VT 05495 Phone:
(802) 878-5121.
WINOOSKI - Winooski, VT
- New
England USA
- Winooski Town Clerk:
27 W. Alien Seet - Winooski, VT 05404 Phone: (802)
655-6419.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORICAL GENEALOGY RESEARCH
Ann
McRoden
Mensch, Professional Historical Genealogist
Researching onsite, 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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