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ORANGE County, Vermont

     Orange County was establised in 1781, from Cumberland County, Vermont, which was created from Cumberland and Gloucester counties, in New York.
     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.
See a Topographical Map of Orange County.


Orange County TOWNS are listed in bold print below.
Villages and communities within each town follow the town's name, in normal type.
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Town

Date Formed

Villages & Communities Within

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BRADFORD

1770 NY

Bradford, Bradford Center, Goshen, Lower Plain

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BRAINTREE

1781 VT

Braintree Center, East Braintree, Snowsville, West Braintree

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BROOKFIELD

1781 VT

Brookfield, Brookfield Center, East Brookfield

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CHELSEA

1781 VT

Chelsea, Chelsea West Hill, Kennedy Corners

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CORINTH

1764 NH
1772 NY

Cookville, Corinth Corners, Corinth Center, East Corinth, Goose Green, South Corinth, West Corinth

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FAIRLEE

1761 NH

Ely, Fairlee

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ORANGE

1781 VT

East Orange, Orange

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NEWBURY

1763 NH
1772 NY

Boltonville, Newbury, Newbury Center, Peach Four Corners, South Newbury, West Newbury, Wells River

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RANDOLPH

1770 NY
1781 VT

Beanville, East Randolph, North Randolph, Randolph, Randolph Center, South Randolph

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STRAFFORD

1761 NH

Old City, South Strafford, Strafford

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TOPSHAM

1763 NH
1776 NY

East Topsham, Topsham Four Corners, Waits River, West Topsham

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THETFORD

1761 NH

Campbell Corner, East Thetford, North Thetford, Post Mills, Thetford Center, Thetford Hill, Rices Mills, Union Village

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TUNBRIDGE

1761 NH

North Tunbridge, South Tunbridge, Tunbridge

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VERSHIRE

1781 VT

Beanville, Brimstone Corner, Mill Village, South Vershire, Vershire, Vershire Center

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WASHINGTON

1781 VT

South Washington, Washington

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WEST FAIRLEE

1797 VT

West Fairlee, West Fairlee Center

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WILLIAMSTOWN

1781 VT

Foxville, Williamstown

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BRADFORD


BRAINTREE

   932 VT Route 12A, Braintree, VT 05060
   Phone: (802) 728-9787

 


BROOKFIELD

  • 1790 Census of Brookfield, Vermont
  • Brookfield Historical Society - (Marvin Newton House, Ridge Rd., Brookfield)
       P.O. Box 447 - Brookfield, VT 05036  -  Phone: (802) 728-5320 or (802) 276-3470.
  • Brookfield Free Public Library
       40 Ralph Road - Brookfield, VT 05036    Phone: (802) 276-3352.
  • Brookfield Town Clerk:
       P.O. Box 463 - Brookfield, VT 05036
       Phone: (802) 276-3352
  • Vermont League of Cities and Towns for Brookfield information

CHELSEA


CORINTH


FAIRLEE

 

NEWBURY

   P.O. Box 126 - Newbury, VT 05051 - Phone: (802) 866-5521.


Cemeteries:
Boltonville Cemetery: 1842-present
Jefferson Hill Cemetery: 1823-present
Lime Kiln Cemetery: 1836-1989
Newbury town House Cemetery: 1836-present
Oxbow Cemetery (new): 1771-present
Oxbow Cemetery (old): 1771-present
Page Hill-Grow Cemetery: 1791-1987
Renfrew-Heath Cemetery: 1838-1920
Rogers Hill Cemetery: 1797-1872
Tucker Mt.-Putnam Cemetery: 1802-1840
Wells River Cemetery: 1810-present
West Newbury Cemetery: 1829-present

 

ORANGE

   P.O. Box 233 - East Barre, VT 05649 - Phone: (802) 479-2673.

 

POST MILLS a village in the Township of Thetford, Vermont

 

RANDOLPH

   P.O. Box 15 - Randolph Center, VT 05061  -  Phone: (802) 728-5398.
   Hours:  2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the first Sunday of summer months (June thru September)

     67 Main Street - Randolph, VT 05060   Phone: (802) 728-5073.

 

STRAFFORD

 

THETFORD – includes the villages of East Thetford, North Thetford, Post Mills, Rices Mills, Thetford Center, Thetford Hill, and Union Village

 

TOPSHAM

 

TUNBRIDGE

 

VERSHIRE

   6894 VT Rte 113, Vershire, VT 05079   Phone: (802) 685-2227.

 

WASHINGTON

   2974 VT RTE 110, Washington, VT 05675  Phone: (802) 883-2218.

 

WEST FAIRLEE

   Route 113, Bean Hall - W. Fairlee, VT 05083  Phone: (802) 333-9696.

 


WILLIAMSTOWN

 


Additional Research Resources:

·         NARA: National Archives and Records Administration

o    The Genealogy Page.

o    About Census Records

o    1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses Catalog of NARA Microfilm

o    1930 Census Microfilm Locator

o    The Soundex Indexing System

o    Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840

o    Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930

o    Indian Census Rolls

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    Native American Records

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)

 

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:


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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