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
National Register listings: 100
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.