Windham County, Vermont


Founding: 1781
Parent county: Cumberland
Namesake: The town of Windham
Seat: Newfane (pre-1810–)
Land area: 785 square miles
Population (2020): 45,905
Population (historic): 17,572 (1790); 27,442 (1840); 26,036 (1870); 26,660 (1900); 26,015 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1840s; 1870s; 1890–1910; 1930–2020
Subdivisions: Five villages; 16 CDPs; 23 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 8,536 (27.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 93.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 40.7%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.8%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.2%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,505
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,190
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,103
Average farm size (1920): 46.1 acres
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Newfane
 
Namesake: John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland
Founding: 1761 (charter); 1766 (founding); 1811 (post office)
Population (2020): 1,645
Population (historic): 660 (1790); 1,043 (1840); 1,113 (1870); 905 (1900); 662 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1820; 1840s; 1930–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 326 (28.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Naulakha / Rudyard Kipling Estate (1892). 481 Kipling Road. Dummerston. Shingle.
  2. Benjamin Dwinell House (1813–1815). 874 Middletown Road. Grafton. Federal.
  3. Peter Pettengill House (1820). 1884 Middletown Road. Grafton. Federal.
  4. Benjamin Carpenter House (1772). 1472 Carpenter Hill Road. Guilford. Georgian.
  5. Jedediah Stark Farm (c. 1820). 7447 State Route 112. Halifax. Federal.
  6. Benjamin Henry House (c. 1800). 114 Stowe Mountain Road. Halifax. Federal.
  7. House (c. 1885). 2841 State Route 100. Jamaica. Gothic Revival.
  8. Theophilus Crawford Farm (1808). 53 Hickory Ridge Road. Putney. Federal.
  9. Rockingham Meeting House (1787–1801). 11 Meeting House Road. Rockingham. Federal.
  10. Duke White House (c. 1810). 499 Parker Hill Road. Rockingham. Federal.
  11. Ebenezer Brigham Farm (1800). 2863 East Hill Road. Townshend. Federal.
  12. Allen House (c. 1855). 320 Riverdale Road. Townshend. Gothic Revival/Greek Revival.
  13. Phillip Rutter Farm (c. 1820). 378 Riverdale Road. Townshend. Federal.
  14. Lorenzo Brown House (c. 1840). 4062 Fort Bridgman Road. Vernon. Greek Revival.
  15. Farm (c. 1895). 4248 Fort Bridgman Road. Vernon. Queen Anne.
  16. Jonathan Hunt House (1789). 322 Governor Hunt Road. Vernon. Georgian.
  17. Farm (c. 1870). 26 Cox Road. Westminster. Italianate.
  18. House (c. 1820). 3247 US Highway 5. Westminster. Federal.
  19. Elijah Ranney House (c. 1810). 1097 Westminster West Road. Westminster. Federal.
  20. Deliverance Wheeler House (c. 1820). 629 Brick House Road. Whitingham. Federal.
  21. John Sawyer House (1863/1914). 6492 State Route 100. Whitingham. Classical Revival.
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