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Franklin County, Vermont

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66historic places

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1792formed

49,946pop. 2020

135cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 66 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near St. Albans, Richford, Montgomery.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

43 of 66 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

66 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Ballard Farm	Georgia	District	1993
Billado Block	Enosburg	Building	2007
Boright, Sheldon, House	Richford	Building	1989
Bridge 12	Enosburg	Structure	2007
Bridge 9	Sheldon	Structure	2007
Bridge Number VT105-10	Sheldon	Structure	2018
Brigham Academy	Bakersfield	Building	1995
Central Vermont Railroad Headquarters	St. Albans	District	1974
Community Baptist Church and Parsonage	Montgomery	Building	2015
Comstock Covered Bridge	Montgomery	Structure	1974
District No. 2 School	Georgia	Building	2000
District School No. 8 School	Georgia	Building	1998
Douglas & Jarvis Patent Parabolic Truss Iron Bridge	Highgate Falls	Structure	1974
Downtown Richford Historic District	Richford	District	1980
East Fairfield Covered Bridge	East Fairfield	Structure	1974
Enosburg Congregational Memorial Church	Enosburg	Building	2001
Enosburg Opera House	Enosburg Falls	Building	1978
Evarts-McWilliams House	Georgia	Building	1982
Fairfax Covered Bridge	Fairfax	Structure	1974
Fairfield Street School	St. Albans	Building	1996
First Congregational Church of Swanton	Swanton	Building	2001
Fletcher Union Church	Fletcher	Building	1982
Fuller Covered Bridge	Montgomery	Structure	1974
Georgia Plain Baptist Church	Geogia	Building	2001
Giroux Furniture Company Building	St. Albans	Building	2006
Goodrich, Solomon, Homestead	Georgia	Building	2004
H.H. Mower General Store	Sheldon	Building	2025
Hathaway's Tavern	St. Albans	Building	1983
Hectorville Covered Bridge	Montgomery Center	Structure	1974
Hopkins Covered Bridge	Enosburg	Structure	1974
Houghton House	St. Albans	Building	1972
Hutchins Covered Bridge	Montgomery Center	Structure	1974
Kemp-Shepard House	Georgia	Building	1997
Kendall, Dr. B. J., Company	Enosburg	Building	1993
L'Ecole Saintes-Anges	St. Albans	Building	1980
Longley Covered Bridge	Montgomery	Structure	1974
Methodist Episcopal Church	Swanton	Building	2001
Missisquoi River Bridge	Richford	Structure	1990
Montgomery House	Montgomery	Building	1992
Ovitt Grist Mill	Enosburgh	Building	2021
Parish of the Holy Trinity	Swanton	Building	2001
Perley Block	Enosburg Falls	Building	2021
Perley, Moses P., House	Enosburg Falls	Building	2020
Quincy Hotel	Enosburgh	Building	2019
Richford Primary School	Richford	Building	2004
Richwood Estate	St. Albans	Building	1988
Rockledge	Swanton	Building	1994
St. Albans Historic District (Additional Documentation)	St. Albans	District	1980
St. Albans Historic District (Boundary Increase)	St. Albans	District	2023
St. Albans Town Hall	St. Albans	Building	1996
St. Ann's Episcopal Church	Richford	Building	2001
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church	Montgomery	Building	1988
St. George's Catholic Church	Bakersfield	Building	2001
St. John's Episcopal Churdh	Highgate Falls	Building	1976
Swanton Covered Railroad Bridge	Swanton	Structure	1973
Swanton School	Swanton	Building	2002
Sweat-Comings Company House	Richford	Building	2004
U.S. Inspection Station-East Richford, Vermont	Richford	Building	2014
U.S. Inspection Station-Richford, Vermont	Richford	Building	2014
U.S. Inspection Station-West Berkshire, Vermont	Berkshire	Building	2014
United States Post Office and Custom House	St. Albans	Building	2017
Warner Home	St. Albans	Building	1988
West Berkshire School	Berkshire	Building	1993
West Hill Covered Bridge	Montgomery	Structure	1974
Wheeler, F.W., House	Richford	Building	2004
Willard Manufacturing Company Building	St. Albans	Building	2006

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Franklin was formed in 1792 (1792-11-05) from Chittenden.

FRANKLIN created from CHITTENDEN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Franklin County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
8,782	17,192	24,531	27,231	30,225	30,198	30,026	29,601	29,894	29,474	34,788	45,417	49,946

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

135 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 135 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
All Saints Cemetery	44.98897	-72.67936
Barlow Cemetery	44.80425	-72.95272
Barnet Monument Cemetery	45.0012	-72.61308
Beaver Cemetery	44.72571	-73.0478
Beeman - North Fairfax Cemetery	44.76089	-73.06306
Berkshire Cemetery	44.95979	-72.77267
Binghamville Cemetery	44.67364	-72.92284
Bordoville Advent Cemetery	44.84283	-72.81897
Bradley Cemetery	44.77692	-72.95827
Brewer Cemetery	45.00809	-73.02207
Briggs Cemetery	45.01173	-72.93084
Carman Cemetery	44.98279	-73.08143
Carroll Hill Cemetery	44.73942	-72.99989
Church Street Cemetery	44.91667	-73.12466
Clapp Cemetery	44.85476	-72.65735
Cobler Hill Cemetery	44.74036	-72.94003
Cook Cemetery	44.81749	-72.73131
Cooley Cemetery (historical)	44.7606	-73.11014
Crown Cemetery	44.68491	-73.12614
Culler - Cutler Cemetery	44.93559	-72.9945
Davis Cemetery	44.73657	-73.11455
Deal Cemetery	45.00551	-73.07566
Diamond Cemetery	44.83643	-72.91347
East Berkshire Congregational Cemetery	44.93201	-72.70326
East Berkshire Episcopal Cemetery	44.93138	-72.71705
East Franklin Cemetery	44.99568	-72.83026
East Highgate Cemetery	44.93513	-72.97747
East Richford Cemetery	45.01137	-72.58298
East Sheldon Cemetery	44.89689	-72.86481
Enosburg Center Cemetery	44.87345	-72.75348
Evarts Cemetery	44.77809	-73.1339
Fairchild Cemetery	44.74495	-73.08586
Fairfax Plains Cemetery	44.65467	-73.01594
Fairview Cemetery	44.76374	-72.88903
Gallop Cemetery	44.9105	-72.89049
Georgia Plains Cemetery	44.72002	-73.1644
Goodrich Cemetery	44.72837	-73.123
Grace Cemetery	44.88523	-72.94021
Greens Corner Cemetery	44.85921	-73.03172
Greenwood Cemetery	44.80226	-73.08263
Hammond-Stebbins Cemetery	None	None
Highgate Center Cemetery	44.93003	-73.04846
Highgate Falls Cemetery	44.93017	-73.04725
Hillside Cemetery	45.00271	-72.6571
Hillstown Cemetery	None	None
Holy Cross Cemetery	44.79584	-73.08768
Hope Cemetery	44.69282	-73.10402
Hubbard Cemetery	44.74748	-73.11904
Hurlbut Cemetery	44.75541	-73.18145
Hyde Cemetery	44.93029	-72.99765
Hyde Cemetery	44.93059	-73.00041
Hyde Cemetery	44.68071	-73.09414
J G Saxes Monument	44.99813	-73.06187
Janes Cemetery	44.88264	-73.15323
Kattle Cemetery	44.84928	-73.10406
Keezer Cemetery	44.69593	-73.05537
Kingsbury Cemetery	44.76041	-73.07997
Kirley Cemetery	44.86309	-72.89819
Leach Cemetery	44.84059	-72.94083
Loomis Cemetery	44.72427	-73.0911
Main Street Cemetery	44.90936	-72.79676
Maple Grove Cemetery	44.98826	-72.91784
Maple Grove Cemetery	44.78205	-72.79935
Maple Grove Cemetery	44.98826	-72.91784
Marsh Cemetery	44.95471	-72.86002
Montefiore Cemetery	44.84659	-73.08879
Montgomery Center Cemetery	44.88297	-72.61208
Morey Cemetery	44.81471	-72.90423
Mount Calvary Cemetery	44.82198	-73.09069
Mudgett Cemetery	44.67259	-72.97214
New Catholic Cemetery	44.90276	-72.78917
New Saint Louis Cemetery	44.93809	-73.03818
North End Cemetery	44.97781	-73.18124
North Fairfield - Herrick Cemetery	44.83917	-72.8693
North Sheldon - Fish Cemetery	44.90878	-72.90397
Old Catholic Cemetery	44.90781	-72.81236
Old Cemetery	44.90067	-72.63661
Patten Cemetery	44.98929	-72.87746
Patton Cemetery	44.98753	-72.87985
Pioneer Cemetery	44.68239	-72.91233

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

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