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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