LAMOILLE County, Vermont
Genealogy and History
Lamoille County is located in north central Vermont, with Orleans and Caledonia Counties to the east, Washington County to the south, Chittenden County to the west, and Franklin County to the north. It was incorporated in 1835, embracing 12 towns: Eden, Hyde Park, Morristown and Wolcott were taken from Orleans County; Belvidere, Cambridge, Johnson, Sterling, and Waterville from Franklin County; Elmore and Stowe from Washington County; and Mansfield from Chittenden County. In 1839, 2 square miles of Mansfield were set off to Underhill and Chittenden County.
Select this LINK to see GENERAL Lamoille
County
information and links.
Select from the TOWNS
Table below to view information and links specific to the township.
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.
| TOWN | When Founded? | Villages & Communities Within | Contact |
| BELVIDERE | 1791 | Belvidere Center, Belvidere Corners, Belvidere Junction | Host Desired
Contact Ann Mensch |
| CAMBRIDGE | 1781 | Cambridge, Cambridge Junction, Jeffersonville, Morses Mill, North Cambridge, Pleasant Valley, South Cambridge | |
| EDEN | 1781 | Eden, Eden Mills | Deanna French |
| ELMORE | 1781 | Elmore | Host Desired Contact Ann Mensch |
| HYDE PARK | 1781 | Centerville, Cleveland Corners, Hyde Park, Garfield, North Hyde Park | Host Desired
Contact Ann Mensch |
| JOHNSON | 1792 | Johnson, East Johnson | Bonne Walsh, PhD. |
| MORRISTOWN | 1781 | Cady's Falls (aka Cadysville, aka Gates Falls, aka Lower Falls, aka Mill Village), Morristown, Morrisville | Host Desired
Contact Ann Mensch |
| STOWE | 1763 / NH | Lower Village, Moscow, Stowe | Host Desired
Contact Ann Mensch |
| WATERVILLE | 1824 | Waterville | Host Desired
Contact Ann Mensch |
| WOLCOTT | 1781 | North Wolcott, Wolcott | Host Desired
Contact Ann Mensch |
The Trapp Family, portrayed in "The Sound of Music", located their lodge in Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont.
BELVIDERE includes the villages of Belvidere Center, Belvidere Corners and Belvidere Junction.
CAMBRIDGE encompasses the city of Cambridge and villages of Cambridge Junction, Jeffersonvill, North Cambridge, South Cambridge, and Pleasant Valley.
EDEN encompasses the villages of Eden and Eden Mills.
Elmore was granted November 7, 1780; on
August
21, 1781, it was chartered to Colonel Samuel Elmore and several
associates.
From Col. Elmore the town derives its name. Nothing was done
toward
settling the town until about July 1790, when Martin and Jesse Elmore,
James and Seth Olmstead, Aaron Keeler and others, mostly from Sharon
and
Norwalk, Connecticut, commenced a settlement. The population grew
steadily as follows: in 1791 there were 12; in 1800, 45; in 1810,
157; in 1820, 157; in 1830, 442, in 1840, 467; in 1850, 504; and in
1860,
602.
Elmore was first organized with civil
positions
on July 23, 1792, with Joseph LEACH as the town clerk and contable; Job
GIBBS, Joseph LEACH and James OLMSTEAD as selectmen; Martin ELMORE as
town
representative, and Martin ELMORE as Justice of the Peace, an office
which
he held for 18 successive years. He was also town clerk for 41
years,
from 1797 until 1838.
During the Civil War, it is reported that
the town of Elmore furnished the following 64 soldiers for the
Union:
Stephen C. ALBEE, David P. BARNES, Joseph BASHAW, Henry J. BAGLEY, John
P. BEDELL; Wm. BISCOMER who died of wounds 20 May 1864; Lewis BELVILLE
who was said to have deserted 1 Jan 1863; Albert J. BIDDELL, prisoner
23
June 1864; Clesson CAMERON, Lyman L. CAMP, Charles CARTER, deserted 18
Dec 1862; W. B. CHANDLER, Rufus H. CLARK, Seth L. CLARK, Chas. CLEMENT,
Chas S. COOPER, John A. CAMP, Luman M. DAVIS, killed 12 May 1864 at
Spottsylvania;
James P. DAVIS, Solon W. DAVIS, Learnard W. DAVIS, Hiram DWYER, died 17
Jan 1864; Edwin R. DODGE, killed 16 Apr 1862 at Lee's Mills, Va.; Jas.
ESTES, killed 29 Jun 1862 at Savage Station, Va.; Lewis H. ESTES, Jos.
FISHER, deserted 4 Sep 1862; Samuel B. FISK, Joseph GABOUREE, Justus
GALE,
died 19 Sep 1863; Geo. W. GARNER, died 9 Oct 1861; Russell H. GAY,
Luman
M. GROUT, Maj. 8th Vermont Regt.; Ira F. GROUT, John S. HARRINGTON,
Andrew
J. HART, Franklin HASTINGS, Edward HOLDEN, Leman HOLDEN, Solon W.
HUTCHINS,
died 23 Feb 1864; JOseph LaFLEUR, killed 5 May 1864, Wilderness; Melvin
A. LEIGHTON, deserted 18 Dec 1862; John W. MERRIAM, died 24 Sep 1863;
Curtis
B. MOORE, died 9 Jul 1862; Andrew J. MORSE, Benjamin F. MORSE, Chas. W.
MORSE, died 27 Aug 1862; Luther W. MORSE, died 19 Jun 1863; David R.
MULIKEN,
Charles NOE, Ingalls K. OBER, Franklin A. OLMSTEAD, Horation N.
OLMSTEAD,
Alpheus PARKER, Frank A. RUSSELL, missing in action 29 Jun 1864;
Frederick
SCHOFIELD, drowned 23 Jun 1863 in Miss. River; Lorenzo D. SHAW, John N.
STETSON, B. P. SPARROW, prisoner 23 Jun 1864; William SWIFT, Geo. F.
WHEAT,
died 14 Mar 1863; Hiram WHEELER, died 25 Feb 1863; Anthony WHITE, Ezra
G. WILLIAMS, prisoner 23 Jun 1864; and U. A. WOODBURY, Capt. wounded in
Bull Run.
HYDE PARK encompasses the town of Hyde Park and the villages of
Centerville,
Cleveland Corners, Garfield, and North Hyde Park. A large portion
of the Morrisville Village forest, with the Green River Reservoir, is
within
the boundaries of Hyde Park.
JOHNSON encompasses the city of Johnson and the village of East
Johnson.
MORRISTOWN encompasses Morrisville and the village of Cady
Falls.
Cady Falls has also been known by the following names: Cadysville, aka
Gates Falls, aka Lower Falls, aka Mill Village. Cady Falls is
located
north of Morrisville, near the Hyde Park and Morristown boundary.
STOWE encompasses the city of Stow and the villages of Moscow and Lower Village.
WATERVILLE encompasses the town of Waterville.
WOLCOTT encompasses the town of Wolcott and the village of North
Wolcott.
| LAMOILLE County Cemeteries include the following:
Blake Cemetery - Latitude: 443803N;
Longitude:
0723439W
Center Cemetery - Latitude: 444455N; Longitude: 0724152W East Cambridge Cemetery - Latitude: 443923N; Longitude: 0724606W La Porte Cemetery - Latitude: 443229N; Longitude: 0723703W Mountain View Cemetery - Latitude: 443331N; Longitude: 0723745W Plot Cemetery - Latitude: 443954N; Longitude: 0724054W Riverbank Cemetery - Latitude: 442824N; Longitude: 0724051W Sterling Cemetery - Latitude: 443223N; Longitude: 0724237W
|
Additional Research Resources:
How to Subscribe to the Lamoille County Vermont Mailing List
Please note: The VTLAMOIL-L E-mail
Mailing List is not administered by the author of this Lamoille County
page.
When you click on "VTLAMOIL-L-request@rootsweb.com",
your browser should
present you with a emailscreen.
Your email address and the subscription address should already be
entered.
1. The message body should simply read:
subscribe
2. Turn off any signature lines
3. Click on SEND and the subscription
request
will be sent.
4. You will receive further instructions
when your subscription is accepted.