Washington County, Vermont

Founding: 1811 (declared in 1810)
Parent counties: Caledonia, Chittenden, and Orange
Namesake: George Washington, U.S. president
Seat: Montpelier (1811–)
Land area: 687 square miles
Population (2020): 59,807
Population (historic): 14,113 (1820); 24,654 (1850); 26,520 (1870); 36,607 (1900); 41,733 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1860; 1880–1910; 1920s; 1940–2020
Subdivisions: Two cities; one village; 12 CDPs; 18 towns
National Register listings: 72
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 8,867 (28.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 85%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 37.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,555
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,315

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.4 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,564
Average farm size (1920): 41.6 acres
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Montpelier

 
Namesake: Montpellier, France
Founding: 1781 (charter); 1787 (founding); 1798 (post office); 1818 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 8,074
Population (historic): 890 (1800); 3,725 (1840); 3,023 (1870); 6,266 (1900); 7,837 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1820; 1830s; 1850–1910; 1920–1960; 1980s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,860 (44.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Abdiel Kent Inn (1837). 7 Old West Church Road. Calais. Federal.
2. *Old West Union Church (1823–1825). 758 Old West Church Road. Calais. Greek Revival.
3. *Chester Bugbee House (c. 1825). 1186 State Route 14. Calais. Federal.
4. *Nathaniel Eaton Farm (c. 1830/1860). 1502 State Route 14. Calais. Greek Revival/Italianate.
5. *Parley Davis House (c. 1795/1799/1805). 1465 Center Road. East Montpelier. Federal.
6. *East Montpelier Union Church (1823–1826). 1620 Center Road. East Montpelier. Federal.
7. *Ormsbee Farm (c. 1805/1860). 2915 Center Road. East Montpelier. Greek Revival.
8. *Cummings Farm (1855/1862). 145 Cummings Road. East Montpelier. Greek Revival.
9. *Samuel Rich House (c. 1805). 2850 State Route 14. East Montpelier. Federal.
10. *Theodore Wood Farm (1885). 1420 Hollister Hill Road. Marshfield. Second Empire.
11. *Coolidge Taylor Farm (c. 1855). 1388 Taylor Farm Road. Marshfield. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival.
12. *Greatwood Farm / Willard Martin Estate (1908). 123 Pitkin Road. Plainfield. Classical Revival/Craftsman.
13. *Stephen Guptil House (c. 1845). 194 Guptil Road. Waterbury. Greek Revival.