Essex County, Vermont

Founding: 1800 (declared in 1792)
Parent county: Orange

Namesake: Essex, England
Seat: Guildhall (1800–)

Land area: 664 square miles

Population (2020): 5,920

Population (historic): 1,479 (1800); 3,981 (1830); 5,786 (1860); 9,511 (1890); 7,067 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1890; 1970–2000

Subdivisions: Four CDPs; 16 towns; three gores

National Register listings: 11

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,317 (25.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 69.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 29.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,392
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,421
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 671
Average farm size (1920): 57.8 acres
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Guildhall

Namesake: Unclear

Founding: 1780s (founding); 1805 (post office)

Population (2020): 262

Population (historic): 158 (1790); 481 (1830); 552 (1860); 511 (1890); 351 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1810; 1840–1860; 1870s; 1970–1990
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 36 (27.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *David Hibbard House (c. 1805/1814). 1342 Woodward Road. Concord. Federal.
2. *Anson Fiske House (c. 1855). 634 State Route 102. Guildhall. Greek Revival.
3. *Cushman–Small House (c. 1790/1850). State Route 102, southeast of Fellows Road. Guildhall. Federal. Razed.
4. *Asa Clark Farm (c. 1828). 73 Auburn Star Road. Lunenburg. Federal.
5. *Newell Howe Farm (c. 1850). 400 Bobbin Mill Road. Lunenburg. Greek Revival.
6. *Charles King House (c. 1876). 53 Pond Hill Road. Lunenburg. Second Empire.
7. *Myron Chandler House (1847). 1358 River Road. Lunenburg. Federal.
8. *Jesse Hugh Farm (c. 1820). 3570 State Route 102. Maidstone. Greek Revival.