Washington County Vermont Genealogy

Shire Town: City of Montpelier

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Washington County Vermont History

Washington County is one of several Vermont counties created from land ceded by the state of New York on January 15, 1777, when Vermont declared itself to be a distinct state from New York. The land originally was contested by Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New Netherland, but it remained undelineated until July 20, 1764, when King George III established the boundary between New Hampshire and New York along the west bank of the Connecticut River, north of Massachusetts. New York assigned the land gained to Albany County. On March 12, 1772, Albany County was partitioned to create Charlotte County, and this situation remained until Vermont's independence from New York and Britain.

Washington County was originally established as Jefferson County in 1810 from parts of Caledonia County, Chittenden County, and Orange County and organized the following year.

In 1814 it was renamed to Washington County. The name change occurred after the Federalists took control of the Vermont Legislature from the Jeffersonians. Vermont which conducted significant trade with British Canada had suffered particularly by passage of the Embargo Act of 1807 during the Jefferson administration.

Communities

Cities: Barre, Montpelier (shire town).

Towns: Barre (Town), Berlin, Cabot, Calais, Duxbury, East Montpelier, Fayston, Marshfield, Middlesex, Moretown, Northfield, Plainfield, Roxbury, Waitsfield, Warren, Waterbury, Woodbury, Worcester.

Village: Marshfield.

Census-Designated Places: Cabot, East Barre, East Montpelier, Graniteville, Northfield, Plainfield, South Barre, Waitsfield, Waterbury, Waterbury Center, Websterville, Worcester.

Other Unincorporated Communities: Adamant, East Calais, East Montpelier Center, East Roxbury, Irasville, North Montpelier, Putnamville, Riverton, South Northfield, South Woodbury.

Free Washington County Vermont Genealogy Records Online

Biographies
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Census Records
Church Records
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Family Bibles
History Topics
Land Records
Military Records
Miscellaneous Data
Newspapers
Obituaries
School Records
Vital Records - includes birth, marriage and death records.
Wills/Probate Records

Genealogy Research in Washington County Vermont

The Washington County, Vermont Town Clerk generally keeps the town records that include: records of births, marriages, deaths, burials, cemeteries, appointments, earmarks, estrays (records of stray animals), freemen’s oaths (men eligible to vote), land records, mortgages, name changes, care of the poor, school records, surveys, tax lists, town meeting minutes, voter registrations, and warnings out (of town).

Washington County Clerk
65 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
Phone: 828-2091

Overview of Vermont public records law

Leahy Library
Vermont History Center
60 Washington Street
Barre, Vermont 05641-4209
Telephone: (802) 479-8509 (during library hours)
Fax: (802) 479-8510
Email: vhs-library@state.vt.us
Leahy Library

Adjacent Counties

Lamoille County – north
Caledonia County – northeast
Orange County – southeast
Addison County – southwest
Chittenden County – northwest

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