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
National Register listings: 63
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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