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
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.

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