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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