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Windham County, Vermont

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102historic places

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1781formed

45,905pop. 2020

238cemeteries

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At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 102 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Rockingham, Brattleboro, Grafton.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Vermont is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Windham titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

51 of 102 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

102 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Adams Gristmill Warehouse	Rockingham	Building	1990
Bartonsville Covered Bridge	Bartonsville	Structure	1973
Bellows Falls Co-operative Creamery Complex	Rockingham	Building	1990
Bellows Falls Downtown Historic District	Bellows Falls	District	1982
Bellows Falls Neighborhood Historic District	Rockingham	District	2002
Bellows Falls Neighborhood Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Rockingham	District	2007
Bellows Falls Petroglyph Site (VT-WD-8)	Bellows Falls	Site	1990
Bellows Falls Times Building	Rockingham	Building	1990
Brattleboro Downtown Historic District	Brattleboro	District	1983
Brattleboro Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Brattleboro	District	2004
Brattleboro Retreat	Brattleboro	Building	1984
Bridge 19	Brookline	Structure	2007
Broad Brook Grange Hall	Guilford	Building	2022
Broad Brook House	Guilford	Building	2011
Brookline Baptist Church	Brookline	Building	2021
Brooks House	Brattleboro	Building	1980
Butterfield House	Grafton	Building	2005
Canal Street Schoolhouse (Additional Documentation)	Brattleboro	Building	1977
Canal Street-Clark Street Neighborhood Historic District	Brattleboro	District	1993
Christ Church	Guilford	Building	1982
Corse-Shippee House	Dover	Building	2008
Crawford, Theophilus, House	Putney	Building	1995
Creamery Covered Bridge	Brattleboro	Structure	1973
Crows Nest	Wilmington	District	1998
Dickinson Estate Historic District	Brattleboro	District	2005
District No. 1 Schoolhouse	Somerset	Building	1992
Dover Town Hall	Dover	Building	1988
East Putney Brook Stone Arch Bridge	East Putney	Structure	1976
Estey Organ Company Factory	Brattleboro	Building	1980
Estey Organ Company Factory (Boundary Increase)	Brattleboro	Building	2007
First Congregational Church and Meetinghouse	Townshend	Building	2002
Follett Stone Arch Bridge Historic District	Townshend	District	1976
Gas Station at Bridge and Island Streets	Rockingham	Building	1990
George-Pine-Henry Street Historic District	Rockingham	District	2010
Governor Hunt House	Vernon	Building	2022
Grafton Congregational Church and Chapel	Grafton	Building	1979
Grafton Distric Schoolhouse No. 2	Grafton	Building	2005
Grafton Post Office	Grafton	Building	2005
Grafton Village Historic District	Grafton	District	2010
Green River Covered Bridge	Green River	Structure	1973
Green River Crib Dam	Guilford	Structure	1995
Grout, Lewis, House	Brattleboro	Building	1996
Guilford Center Meetinghouse	Guilford	Building	1982
Hall Covered Bridge	Bellows Falls	Structure	1973
Hall, William A., House	Rockingham	Building	1999
Harris, William, House	Brattleboro	Building	1978
Holbrook, Deacon John, House	Brattleboro	Building	1982
Homestead-Horton Neighborhood Historic District	Brattleboro	District	2009
Houghtonville Historic District	Grafton	District	2015
Howard Hardware Storehouse	Rockingham	Building	1990
Kidder Covered Bridge	Grafton	Structure	1973
Londonderry Town House	South Londonderry	Building	1983
Mechanicsville Historic District	Grafton	District	2010
Medburyville Bridge	Wilmington	Structure	1990
Middletown Rural Historic District	Grafton	District	2011
Milldean and Alexander-Davis House	Grafton	Building	1990
Miss Bellows Falls Diner	Bellows Falls	Building	1983
Moore and Thompson Paper Mill Complex	Bellows Falls	District	1984
Naulakha NHL	Dummerston	Building	1979
Newfane Village Historic District	Newfane	District	1983
Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel	Bellows Falls	Building	1991
Old Brick Church	Athens	Building	1979
Park Farm	Grafton	Building	2003
Parker Hill Rural Historic District	Rockingham	District	1993
Pond Road Chapel	Vernon	Building	1985
Putney Village Historic District	Putney	District	1986
Rice Farm Road Bridge	Dummerston	Structure	1995
Robertson Paper Company Complex	Rockingham	Building	1990
Rockingham Meetinghouse NHL	Rockingham	Building	1979
Rockingham Village Historic District	Rockingham	District	2008
Round Schoolhouse	Brookline	Building	1977
Sabin-Wheat Farm	Putney	Building	2004
Sacketts Brook Stone Arch Bridge	Putney	Structure	1976
Saxtons River Village Historic District	Saxtons River	District	1988
Scott Covered Bridge	Townshend	Structure	1973
Scott Farm Historic District	Dummerston	District	2001
Simpsonville Stone Arch Bridge	Townshend	Structure	1977
South Londonderry Village Historic District	South Londonderry	District	1986
South Newfane Bridge	Newfane	Structure	1992
South Windham Village Historic District	Windham	District	1988
Stratton Mountain Lookout Tower	Stratton	District	1992
Tontine Building	Guilford	Building	2008
Townshend State Park	Townshend	District	2002
Union Station	Brattleboro	Building	1974
Vermont Academy Campus Historic District	Rockingham	District	2015
Vernon District Schoolhouse No. 4	Vernon	Building	2005
West Brattleboro Green Historic District	Brattleboro	District	2002
West Dover Village Historic District	Dover	District	1985
West Dummerston Covered Bridge	Dummerston	Structure	1973
West Townshend Stone Arch Bridge	West Townshend	Structure	1977
West Townshend Village Historic District	West Townshend	District	1986
Westminster Terrace Historic District	Rockingham	District	2010
Westminster Village Historic District	Westminster	District	1988
Wheelock House	Townshend	Building	1986
Whitingham Village Historic District	Whitingham	District	2006
Williams River Route 5 Bridge	Rockingham	Structure	1991
Williams Street Extension Historic District	Rockingham	District	2010
Williamsville Covered Bridge	Newfane	Structure	1973
Wilmington Village Historic District	Wilmington	District	1980
Windham Village Historic District	Windham	District	1984
Worrall Covered Bridge	Rockingham	Structure	1973
Wyatt, Arthur D. and Emma J., House	Brattleboro	Building	2005

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Windham was formed in 1781 (1781-02-16) from Cumberland.

WINDHAM created from CUMBERLAND (extinct). CUMBERLAND eliminated.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Windham County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
17,570	23,581	28,457	27,442	26,982	26,763	26,660	26,373	27,850	28,749	29,776	36,933	44,216	45,905

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

238 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 238 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Acton Cemetery	43.12086	-72.65942
Alden Cemetery	42.95729	-72.87926
Allyn Cemetery	42.96857	-72.59313
Alpin Cemetery	42.99245	-72.46888
Averell Cemetery	42.86073	-72.85045
Bailey Cemetery	None	None
Baker Cemetery	42.73763	-72.61564
Baldwin Cemetery	42.95316	-72.85438
Ball Cemetery	43.05118	-72.90065
Baptist Cemetery	42.92947	-72.61339
Bascom Cemetery	42.80579	-72.79701
Bennet Cemetery	None	None
Betterley Cemetery	42.9256	-72.64932
Billings Cemetery	42.73529	-72.6482
Blanchard Cemetery	None	None
Blodgett Cemetery	None	None
Boyd Cemetery	None	None
Brattleboro Area Jewish Cemetery	42.84062	-72.55375
Brattleboro Retreat Cemetery	42.85814	-72.56453
Brigham Young Memorial Cemetery	42.78175	-72.86609
Brooks Cemetery	43.21556	-72.81403
Burgess Cemetery	43.21336	-72.59123
Burnett Cemetery	42.93262	-72.53924
Burrows Plains Cemetery	None	None
Cambridgeport Cemetery	43.14586	-72.55737
Carley Cemetery	42.75345	-72.90107
Carpenter Cemetery	42.80124	-72.65143
Center Cemetery	42.86563	-72.72204
Chandler Number 1 Cemetery	None	None
Chandler Number 2 Cemetery	None	None
Christ Church Cemetery	42.81545	-72.57513
Clark Cemetery	None	None
Cobb - West Cemetery	43.22381	-72.63792
Cole - Brown Cemetery	42.99766	-72.63361
Coleman Cemetery	42.78249	-72.80755
Colgrove Cemetery	None	None
Collins Cemetery	42.89455	-72.72398
Collins Cemetery	43.20604	-72.8112
Cotton Mill Hill Cemetery	42.83425	-72.55398
Cronin Cemetery	None	None
Cutting Cemetery	42.749	-72.82103
Cutting Cemetery	42.91348	-72.83645
Dalem Cemetery	42.86337	-72.59075
Davidson Cemetery	42.78993	-72.86536
Davis Cemetery	42.98275	-72.57378
Davison Hill-Lane Swamp Cemetery	None	None
Dipping Hole Cemetery	42.99105	-72.57838
Dover Center Cemetery	42.94796	-72.80141
Dummerston Center Cemetery	42.93679	-72.56933
Duncan Cemetery	None	None
Duncan Cemetery	None	None
East Dover Cemetery	42.94947	-72.77196
East Jamaica Cemetery	43.07951	-72.7412
East Putney Cemetery	42.99184	-72.48615
Eaton Cemetery	43.17812	-72.85038
Eddy Cemetery	43.03025	-72.88909
Elija Bruce Cemetery	None	None
Ellor Cemetery	42.91101	-72.66169
Ezequelle Cemetery	42.98615	-72.62865
Fairview Cemetery	43.03855	-72.78792
Fellows Cemetery	None	None
Fessenden Cemetery	43.06035	-72.73287
First Cemetery	None	None
First Cemetery	42.86396	-72.72176
Fisher Cemetery	None	None
Fisher Cemetery	43.12002	-72.68318
Fletcher Cemetery	None	None
Fox Cemetery	None	None
Franklin Cemetery	42.75323	-72.63848
Freeman Cemetery	None	None
Gallup Number 1 Cemetery	None	None
Gallup Number 2 Cemetery	None	None
Gates Cemetery	42.81039	-72.84598
Gillett Cemetery	42.77324	-72.87815
Glebe View Cemetery	43.17839	-72.82261
Glen Street Cemetery	42.85549	-72.60057
Grimes Cemetery	None	None
Groll Cemetery	42.73833	-72.63306
Grove Cemetery	42.74231	-72.69715
Guilford Center Cemetery	42.79348	-72.62013

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Algiers	42.81675	-72.5662

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

Historical markers

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