Newport Town, Orleans County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
The town of Newport was chartered on October 30, 1802 by the Vermont Legislature. The town was originally named Duncansborough, after one of several Duncans named in the grant, all of whom appear to have lived in Dummerston. The petition was in 1780 and the grant a year later, but the charter was not issued for another twenty years.

The 1816 Legislature added two parcels of land to Duncansborough: Coventry Leg and part of the old town of Salem. As for the new name, it is possible that post-Revolutionary settlers from New Hampshire or Rhode Island brought Newport with them; it may also be a combination reference to the "new" town and the presence of Lake Memphremagog.

Town Histories

 * Newport, Vermont : 175 years since settlement, 50 years since city charter, 1793-1968, - find this book in a library.
 * Frontier Crossroads, by Emily M Nelson (1977) - find this book in a library.

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

Probate Records
Orleans Probate Division 247 Main Street Newport, VT · 05855 Phone: (802) 334-3305

Church Records
St. Mark's Church (Newport, Vermont) Records, 1875-1940, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

City Directories
Newport Town maps are available for the years of 1884, 1896 and 1930.

Maps
1878 map of Newport Town

1878 map of Newport Center Town

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


 * Lake Road Street Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Newport Center Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Wrights Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1797 -1918, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Newport Town Clerk's Office. These include Deeds, 1797-1851, and Deeds, 1850-1879; index to deeds, 1852-1883.

Newport Town Clerk 102 Vance Hill Road P.O. Box 85 Newport Center, VT 05857 Phone: 802) 334-6442 Email: nctownclerk@comcast.net

Newspapers
The Newport Daily Express

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