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

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.

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