CENSUS

You will find this Middlebury College material on Vermont census interesting. There are other interesting links in the left column of this page, as well.

Note regarding the 1790 U.S. Census of Vermont - Vermont joined the Union in March, 1791, so its 1790 census was actually taken in 1791.  At that time, Vermont consisted of 7 counties.  Present-day counties were later formed from all or portions of these seven counties.

§  The 1790 Census of Chittenden County - (includes towns which later became part of the counties of Franklin, Chittenden, Lamoille and portions of Orleans, Washington and Addison Counties)

§  The 1790 U. S. Census of Orange County, Vermont included towns which were soon to become part of Caledonia County when it was formed, in 1792, from Orange County, (includes towns which came to be within the counties of Caledonia, Essex, Orange, Orleans and Washington) 

§  1790 Census (familysearch.org)

§  1800 Census (familysearch.org)

§  1810 Census (familysearch.org)

§  1820 Census (familysearch.org)

§  1830 Census (familysearch.org)

§  1840 Census (familysearch.org)

§  1850 Census (familysearch.org)

§  1860 Census (familysearch.org)

§  1870 Census (familysearch.org)

§  1880 Census Index - Excellent resource!!!  (familysearch.org)

§  1900 Census (familysearch.org)

§  1910 Census (familysearch.org)

§  1920 Census (familysearch.org)

§  Obtaining EDs for the 1930 Census in One Step (Large Cities), by Stephen P. Morse, PhD, Joel D. Weintraub, PhD and David R. Kehs, PhD

§  1930 Census (familysearch.org)

§  1940 Census (familysearch.org)

§  USGenWeb Census Project for Vermont, coordinated by Linda Talbott

§  NARA: National Archives and Records Administration

o  The Genealogy Page

o  About Census Records

o  Clues in Census Records, 1790-1840

o  Clues in Census Records, 1850-1930

o  Indian Census Rolls

o  Nonpopulation Census Records

o  Prologue, Spring 1996, Vol. 28, No. 1, "First in the Path of the Firemen" The Fate of the 1890 Population Census,” by Kellee Blake.