Orange County, Vermont
Founding: 1781
Parent county: Cumberland
Namesake: William of Orange, English king
Seat: Chelsea (1781–)
Land area: 687 square miles
Population (historic): 10,526 (1790); 27,873 (1840); 23,090 (1870); 19,313 (1900); 16,694 (1930)
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): $1,252Average 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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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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Average farm size (1920): 46.1 acres
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Chelsea
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 147 (64.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings
- *James Cleveland Farm (c. 1875). 596 Flint Road. Braintree. Italianate.
- *Charles Mann House (c. 1880). 3727 State Route 12. Braintree. Italianate.
- *George Spear Farm (1869). 5095 State Route 12A. Braintree. Italianate.
- *Ebenezer Stratton Inn (c. 1795). 1179 East Street. Brookfield. Federal.
- *John Griswold Farm (c. 1845). 4587 State Route 14. Brookfield. Greek Revival.
- *John Sprague Farm (c. 1865). 6907 State Route 14. Brookfield. Gothic Revival.
- *Rocky Ledge / Aimee Raymond Estate (1883). 308 West Street. Brookfield. Queen Anne.
- Charles Densmore Farm (c. 1870). 4 East Randolph Road. Chelsea. Italianate.
- *Thomas Crook Farm (c. 1820). 1693 Goose Green Road. Corinth. Federal.
- *Ely House (c. 1865). 2398 State Route 244. Fairlee. Gothic Revival.
- *Robert Chalmers Farm (1852). 317 Chalmers Hill Road. Newbury. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival.
- *Wildwood Hall / George Moore House (1893–1895). 506 Moore Hill Road. Newbury. Queen Anne/Shingle.
- *David Johnson House (c. 1820). 3736 US Highway 5. Newbury. Federal.
- *Farm (c. 1824). 3961 US Highway 5. Newbury. Federal.
- *John Chamberlain Farm (c. 1835). 8436 Upper Plain Road. Newbury.
- *Horatio Brock Farm (1835). 8623 Upper Plain Road. Newbury. Federal.
- *Ahira Griswold House (c. 1855). 1529 Ridge Road. Randolph. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival.
- *Loren Ketchum Farm (c. 1830). 2065 Ridge Road. Randolph. Federal.
- *Buena Vista / Chase Dow Farm (c. 1840). 115 Mine Road. Strafford. Federal.
- *Joseph Chappell House (c. 1800). 2250 Academy Road. Thetford. Federal.
- *Origen Seymour House (1906). 1646 Gove Hill Road. Thetford. Georgian Revival.
- *Addison Guild House (c. 1870). 244 Robinson Hill Road. Thetford. Gothic Revival.
- *Hezekiah Porter House (1822). 4053 State Route 113. Thetford. Federal.
- *South Tunbridge Methodist Church (1833). 41 State Route 110. Tunbridge. Federal.
- *Eli Sanborn Farm (c. 1820). 198 Whitney Hill Road. Tunbridge. Federal.
- *Pliny Dwight Farm (1823). 1510 Vershire Center Road. Vershire. Federal.
- *Asa May House (c. 1800). 1815 Blood Brook Road. West Fairlee. Federal.
- *Calvin Holbrook Farm (c. 1840). 2126 Blood Brook Road. West Fairlee. Greek Revival.
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