Orange County, Vermont


Founding: 1781
Parent county: Cumberland
Namesake: William of Orange, English king
Seat: Chelsea (1781–)
Land area: 687 square miles
Population (2020): 29,277
Population (historic): 10,526 (1790); 27,873 (1840); 23,090 (1870); 19,313 (1900); 16,694 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1810; 1820–1840; 1870s; 1930s; 1960–2020
Subdivisions: Four villages; five CDPs; 17 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,200 (28%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 85.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 42.3%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.5%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,252
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,001
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,687
Average farm size (1920): 46.1 acres
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Chelsea
 
Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Chelsea, London
Founding: 1781 (founding as Turnersburgh); 1806 (post office)
Population (2020): 342
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 147 (64.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. James Cleveland Farm (c. 1875). 596 Flint Road. Braintree. Italianate.
  2. Charles Mann House (c. 1880). 3727 State Route 12. Braintree. Italianate.
  3. George Spear Farm (1869). 5095 State Route 12A. Braintree. Italianate.
  4. Ebenezer Stratton Inn (c. 1795). 1179 East Street. Brookfield. Federal.
  5. John Griswold Farm (c. 1845). 4587 State Route 14. Brookfield. Greek Revival.
  6. John Sprague Farm (c. 1865). 6907 State Route 14. Brookfield. Gothic Revival.
  7. Rocky Ledge / Aimee Raymond Estate (1883). 308 West Street. Brookfield. Queen Anne.
  8. Charles Densmore Farm (c. 1870). 4 East Randolph Road. Chelsea. Italianate.
  9. Thomas Crook Farm (c. 1820). 1693 Goose Green Road. Corinth. Federal.
  10. Ely House (c. 1865). 2398 State Route 244. Fairlee. Gothic Revival.
  11. Robert Chalmers Farm (1852). 317 Chalmers Hill Road. Newbury. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival.
  12. Wildwood Hall / George Moore House (1893–1895). 506 Moore Hill Road. Newbury. Queen Anne/Shingle.
  13. David Johnson House (c. 1820). 3736 US Highway 5. Newbury. Federal.
  14. Farm (c. 1824). 3961 US Highway 5. Newbury. Federal.
  15. John Chamberlain Farm (c. 1835). 8436 Upper Plain Road. Newbury.
  16. Horatio Brock Farm (1835). 8623 Upper Plain Road. Newbury. Federal.
  17. Ahira Griswold House (c. 1855). 1529 Ridge Road. Randolph. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival.
  18. Loren Ketchum Farm (c. 1830). 2065 Ridge Road. Randolph. Federal.
  19. Buena Vista / Chase Dow Farm (c. 1840). 115 Mine Road. Strafford. Federal.
  20. Joseph Chappell House (c. 1800). 2250 Academy Road. Thetford. Federal.
  21. Origen Seymour House (1906). 1646 Gove Hill Road. Thetford. Georgian Revival.
  22. Addison Guild House (c. 1870). 244 Robinson Hill Road. Thetford. Gothic Revival.
  23. Hezekiah Porter House (1822). 4053 State Route 113. Thetford. Federal.
  24. South Tunbridge Methodist Church (1833). 41 State Route 110. Tunbridge. Federal.
  25. Eli Sanborn Farm (c. 1820). 198 Whitney Hill Road. Tunbridge. Federal.
  26. Pliny Dwight Farm (1823). 1510 Vershire Center Road. Vershire. Federal.
  27. Asa May House (c. 1800). 1815 Blood Brook Road. West Fairlee. Federal.
  28. Calvin Holbrook Farm (c. 1840). 2126 Blood Brook Road. West Fairlee. Greek Revival.
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