Guildhall, Essex County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Guildhall was chartered on October 10, 1761 and is the shire town (county seat) of Essex County. According to a large sign in the town center, it is the only town in the world so named. The name derives from a meeting house on the square called the Guildhall. The population at the 2010 US Census was 261.

Town Histories
A history of Guildhall, Vt, by Everett Chamberlin Benton (1886) - view a digital copy of this book online.

Vital Records
FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.

Probate Records
The probate district for Guildhall is Essex. Essex Probate Court Main St. Box 426 Island Pond, VT 05846 Phone: (802) 723-4770

City Directories
1888 Guildhall Town Directory

Cemeteries
The following is a list of major cemeteries in present-day Guildhall. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Essex County, website at this link.


 * Courthouse Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Crawford Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Nellie Smart Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Ridgewell Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1799 -1831, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Guildhall Town Clerk's Office. These include Vital records of Guildhall, Vermont, 1765-2001, Town records, 1799-1901, and Deeds and land records, 1784-1907; index, 1761-1898.

Guildhall Town Clerk 13 Courthouse Dr. PO Box 10 Guildhall, VT 05905 Phone: (802) 676-3797 Website: http://www.guildhallvt.org/

Libraries and Historical Societies
Guildhall Public Library Inc 7218 Vermont 102 Guildhall, VT 05905 Phone: (802) 676-3054

Northeast Kingdom Genealogy - Genealogy resources for towns in the counties of Essex, Orleans and Caledonia.