Town Histories
Click on names of the towns, villages and cities of Orleans County to view their history. Many of the histories written on these pages come from the Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Volume 3, which includes the history of Orleans County and its towns.
The Gazetteer was digitized by Google, and can be accessed online to be read in its entirety.
Westmore, VT
Town Facts: Granted: 1780, to Capt. Uriah Seymour, Abraham Sedgwick and associates. Chartered:...
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Town History: From the Vermont Historical Gazetteer, edited by Abby Maria Hemenway. Orleans County...
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Town History: From the Vermont Historical Gazetteer, edited by Abby Maria Hemenway. Orleans County...
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Local History: From the Vermont Historical Gazetteer, edited by Abby Maria Hemenway. Orleans County – Morgan Chapter: By Rev. Jacob S. Clark. Published by Claremont Manufacturing Co, 1877. Pgs 283-293. The town of Morgan is...
Read MoreLowell, VT
From the Vermont Historical Gazetteer, edited by Abby Maria Hemenway. Orleans County – Lowell Chapter: By Various Authors. Published by Claremont Manufacturing Co, 1877. Pgs 269-281 LOWELL. This township is bounded N. by...
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