Goshen, Addison County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Goshen was chartered on February 2, 1792 by the Vermont State Legislature and organized in 1814. In Vermont, as in Connecticut, place names like Bethel, Canaan and Goshen were chosen because they carried connotations of rich, fertile lands, and because it was hoped they would attract settlers. Goshen is the smallest town in Addison County and one of the towns with the least population in Vermont. Population was 164 at the 2010 Census.

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

Probate Records
The probate district for Goshen is Addison. Addison Probate Court 7 Mahady Court Middlebury, VT 05753 Phone: (802) 388-2612

Maps
1871 map of Goshen Township

Cemeteries
The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Goshen. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Addison County, website at this link.


 * Goshen Cemetery - inscriptions found at Find A Grave site.


 * North Goshen Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1857-1999, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Goshen Town Clerk's Office. These include Land records, 1813-1857, and Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1857-1999; index to births and deaths, 1857-1941.

Goshen Town Clerk 50 Carlisle Hill Goshen, VT 05733 Phone: (802) 247-6455 Website: http://goshenvt.org/

Newspapers
Burlington Free Press

Rutland Herald