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BELVIDERE - (founded in 1791), villages and communities within Belvidere include:

 Belvidere Center, Belvidere Corners, Belvidere Junction

·       Belvidere Town Clerk:   3996 VT-109 - Belvidere Center, VT 05442;  Phone: (802) 644-6621.

CAMBRIDGE - (founded in 1781), villages and communities within Cambridge include:

 Cambridge, Cambridge Junction, Jeffersonville, Morses Mill, North Cambridge, Pleasant Valley, and South Cambridge.

·       Town of Cambridge, VT

·       Cambridge Town Clerk:  85 Church Street, Ste 201 (P.O. Box 127) - Jeffersonville, VT 05464;  Phone: (802) 644-2251.

EDEN - (founded in 1781), villages and communities within Eden include: Eden and Eden Mills.

·       Town of Eden, VT

·       Eden Historical Society

·       Eden Town Clerk: 71 Old Schoolhouse Road - Eden Mills, VT 05653;  Phone: (802) 635-2528.

ELMORE - (founded in 1781), villages and communities within Elmore include: Elmore. 

     The following historical information was abstracted, by Ann Mensch, from "Elmore,", by E. Henry Willey, of Hyde Park, as found in The Vermont Historical Gazetteer:  A Magazine, Embracing a History of Each Town, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical and Military.  Vol. 2, part 2, edited by Abby Maria Hemenway.  Burlington, Vt :  Miss A. M. Hemenway, 1867. (pp. 626-628).

     Elmore was granted November 7, 1780; on August 21, 1781, it was chartered to Colonel Samuel Elmore and several associates.  From Col. Elmore the town derives its name.  Nothing was done toward settling the town until about July 1790, when Martin and Jesse Elmore, James and Seth Olmstead, Aaron Keeler and others, mostly from Sharon and Norwalk, Connecticut, commenced a settlement.  The population grew steadily as follows:  in 1791 there were 12; in 1800, 45; in 1810, 157; in 1820, 157; in 1830, 442, in 1840, 467; in 1850, 504; and in 1860, 602.

     Elmore was first organized with civil positions on July 23, 1792, with Joseph LEACH as the town clerk and constable; Job GIBBS, Joseph LEACH and James OLMSTEAD as selectmen; Martin ELMORE as town representative, and Martin ELMORE as Justice of the Peace, an office which he held for 18 successive years.  He was also town clerk for 41 years, from 1797 until 1838.

     During the Civil War, it is reported that the town of Elmore furnished the following 64 soldiers for the Union:  Stephen C. ALBEE, David P. BARNES, Joseph BASHAW, Henry J. BAGLEY, John P. BEDELL; Wm. BISCOMER who died of wounds 20 May 1864; Lewis BELVILLE who was said to have deserted 1 Jan 1863; Albert J. BIDDELL, prisoner 23 June 1864; Clesson CAMERON, Lyman L. CAMP, Charles CARTER, deserted 18 Dec 1862; W. B. CHANDLER, Rufus H. CLARK, Seth L. CLARK, Chas. CLEMENT, Chas S. COOPER, John A. CAMP, Luman M. DAVIS, killed 12 May 1864 at Spottsylvania; James P. DAVIS, Solon W. DAVIS, Learnard W. DAVIS, Hiram DWYER, died 17 Jan 1864; Edwin R. DODGE, killed 16 Apr 1862 at Lee's Mills, Va.; Jas. ESTES, killed 29 Jun 1862 at Savage Station, Va.; Lewis H. ESTES, Jos. FISHER, deserted 4 Sep 1862; Samuel B. FISK, Joseph GABOUREE, Justus GALE, died 19 Sep 1863; Geo. W. GARNER, died 9 Oct 1861; Russell H. GAY, Luman M. GROUT, Maj. 8th Vermont Regt.; Ira F. GROUT, John S. HARRINGTON, Andrew J. HART, Franklin HASTINGS, Edward HOLDEN, Leman HOLDEN, Solon W. HUTCHINS, died 23 Feb 1864; Joseph LaFLEUR, killed 5 May 1864, Wilderness; Melvin A. LEIGHTON, deserted 18 Dec 1862; John W. MERRIAM, died 24 Sep 1863; Curtis B. MOORE, died 9 Jul 1862; Andrew J. MORSE, Benjamin F. MORSE, Chas. W. MORSE, died 27 Aug 1862; Luther W. MORSE, died 19 Jun 1863; David R. MULIKEN, Charles NOE, Ingalls K. OBER, Franklin A. OLMSTEAD, Horatio N. OLMSTEAD, Alpheus PARKER, Frank A. RUSSELL, missing in action 29 Jun 1864; Frederick SCHOFIELD, drowned 23 Jun 1863 in Miss. River; Lorenzo D. SHAW, John N. STETSON, B. P. SPARROW, prisoner 23 Jun 1864; William SWIFT, Geo. F. WHEAT, died 14 Mar 1863; Hiram WHEELER, died 25 Feb 1863; Anthony WHITE, Ezra G. WILLIAMS, prisoner 23 Jun 1864; and U. A. WOODBURY, Capt. wounded in Bull Run.

•        Elmore Town Clerk: 1175 VT Rte 12 - Elmore, VT 05657;  Phone: (802) 888-2637.

mailing address: P. O. Box 123, Lake Elmore, VT 05657

HYDE PARK - (founded in 1781), villages and communities within Hyde Park include: Centerville, Cleveland Corners, Hyde Park, Garfield, and North Hyde Park.

·       Town of Hyde Park, VT

·       Lanpher Memorial Library:  141 Main Street - Hyde Park, VT 05655;  Phone: (802) 888-4628.

o   Information for Local History Research

·       Hyde Park Town Clerk:  P.O Box 98 - Hyde Park, VT 05655;  Phone: (802) 888-2300.

Cemeteries include:

Center Cemetery - est. 1820

Holbrook Cemetery - est. 1870

Hooper Cemetery - est. 1850

Jedidia Hyde Cemetery - est. 1820

Jones Cemetery - est. 1980

North Hyde Park Cemetery - est. 1830

Plains Cemetery - est. 1800-present

St. Teresa Catholic Cemetery - est. 1904

Village Cemetery - est. 1798

JOHNSON - (founded in 1792), villages and communities within Johnson include: Johnson and East Johnson.

·       Town of Johnson, VT

·       Johnson Historical Society

·       Johnson Public Library:  Railroad Street - Johnson, VT 05656;   Phone: (802) 635-7141.

·       Johnson Town Clerk:  P.O. Box 383 - Johnson, VT 05656 ; Phone: (802) 635-2611.

MANSFIELD - Now extinct, Mansfield was originally settled in 1763. In 1839, 2 square miles of Mansfield were set off to Underhill and Chittenden County.  The remaining portion of Mansfield was set off to Stowe in 1848.

MORRISTOWN - (founded in 1781), villages and communities within Morristown include: Cady's Falls (aka Cadysville, aka Gates Falls, aka Lower Falls, aka Mill Village), Morristown, and Morrisville.

·       Town of Morristown, VT

·       Morristown Centennial Library:    7 Richmond Street - Morrisville, VT 05661;  Phone: (802) 888-3853.

·       Morristown Town Clerk:  P.O Box 748 - Morrisville, VT 05661;  Phone: (802) 888-6370

STERLING - Sterling was formerly a town within Lamoille county that has become extinct.  It was incorporated in 1805, then portions were later annexed to the towns of Cambridge (in 1828), Johnson (in 1855) and Morristown (1855). 

STOWE - (founded in 1763 New Hampshire), villages and communities within Stowe include: Lower Village, Moscow, and Stowe.

 The Von Trapp Family, portrayed in "The Sound of Music," located their lodge in Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont.

·       Town of Stowe, VT

·       Welcome to Stowe Visitor Center

·       The Stowe Reporter - Serving Stowe, Waterbury, Morrisville, Hyde Park and other communities in the Mt. Mansfield area.

·       Trapp Family Lodge (Sound of Music)

·       Stowe Free Library:   Pond Street - Stowe, VT 05672;  Phone: (802) 253-6145.

·       Stowe Town Clerk:  67 Main Street - P.O Box 248 - Stowe, VT 05672;  Phone: (802) 253-6133.

·       Stowe Cemeteries:

o   Riverbank Cemetery

o   Old Yard Cemetery

o   West Branch Cemetery

o   Sterling Valley Cemetery

o   Luce Hill Road Cemetery

o   Topnotch Lower Meadow Cemetery

WATERVILLE - (founded in 1824), villages and communities within Waterville include: Waterville.

·       Town of Waterville, VT

·       Historic USGS Maps Covering Waterville, Vermont

·       Waterville Town Library:  P.O. Box 1472 - Waterville, VT 05492; Phone: (802) 644-5683.

·       Waterville Town Clerk:  850 VT Route 109, P.O. Box 31 - Waterville, VT 05492; Phone: (802) 644-8865

WOLCOTT - (founded in 1781), villages and communities within Wolcott include: North Wolcott, Wolcott, and Pottersville.

·       Town of Wolcott, VT

·       Wolcott Town Clerk:  P.O Box 100 - Wolcott, VT 05680;  Phone: (802) 888-2746.