Orleans County Vermont Genealogy

Shire Town: City of Newport

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Orleans County Vermont History

Orleans County was created from part of Chittenden County and Orange County in 1792 and organized in 1799.

On September 3, 1783, as a result of the signing of the Treaty of Paris the Revolutionary War ended with Great Britain recognizing the independence of the United States.

During the Civil War, Company D, 4th Vermont Infantry was recruited largely from Orleans County.

Communities

City: Newport (city) (shire town).

Towns: Albany, Barton, Brownington, Charleston, Coventry, Craftsbury, Derby, Glover, Greensboro, Holland, Irasburg, Jay, Lowell, Morgan, Newport (town), Troy, Westfield, Westmore.

Villages: Albany (village of Albany), Barton (village of Barton), Beebe Plain (unincorporated village of Derby), Derby Center (village of Derby), Derby Line (village of Derby), North Troy (village of Troy), Orleans (village of Barton).

Census-designated places: Coventry, Glover, Greensboro, Greensboro Bend, Irasburg, Lowell, Newport Center, Troy.

Other: Lindsay Beach, North Derby.

Orleans County Vermont Genealogy Records

Biographies
Vermont Cemetery Records
Census Records
Church Records
County Records
Family Bibles
History Topics
Land Records
Military Records
Miscellaneous Data
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Obituaries
School Records
Vital Records
Wills/Probate Records

Genealogy Research in Orleans County Vermont

The Orleans 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).

Orleans County Clerk
247 Main Street
Newport, VT 05855
Phone: 334-4461 or 334-3344

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Adjacent counties and municipalities

Essex County - east
Caledonia County - south
Lamoille County - southwest
Franklin County - west
Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec - northwest
Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Quebec - north
Coaticook Regional County Municipality, Quebec - northeast