Greensboro, Orleans County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
The town of Greensboro was granted on August 20, 1781 by the Vermont Legislature. The charter was issued under the name of Coltkiln (sometimes rendered incorrectly as Colt Hill). However, the new town that had been granted as Coltkiln was suddenly and without any explanation chartered as Greensboro.

The harvesting and sale of ice became big business from the late 1800s until the late 1930s since farmers needed large amounts for keeping milk and butter cool during warm summer days and for shipping on the railroad. At one point three commercial ice houses in Greensboro harvested 180,000 tons of ice in 2-3 weeks from mid-January to mid-February.

The town includes the places of Campbells Corners, East Greensboro, Gebbie Corner, Greensboro Four Corners, Greensboro Bend, The Four Corners, Tolmans Corner, and Burlington Point. The population at the 2010 US Census was 762.

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


 * Baker Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Greensboro Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Lincoln-Noyes Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Mitchell-McLaren Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Saint Michaels Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.


 * Greensboro Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Orleans County Cemeteries at FamilySearch Places

Church Records
Historically, the largest religious groups in Vermont were the Congregational, Baptist, Roman Catholic, and Methodist churches. For general information about Vermont denominations, view the New Hampshire Church Records wiki page. To see the churches in Greensboro, visit. Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. The following are church records available online for the town of Greensboro:

Congregational Church of Christ (Greensboro, Vermont) Records, 1804 -1910, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

City Directories
1884 Greensboro Town Directory

Land Records
The following are online land records for the town of Greensboro:

Libraries and Historical Societies
Greensboro Free Library 53 Wilson Street Greensboro, VT 05841 Phone: (802) 533-2531 Email: greensborofree@yahoo.com Website: http://www.greensborofreelibrary.org/

Greensboro Historical Society 29 Breezy Avenue P.O. Box 151 Greensboro, Vermont 05841 Phone: (802) 533-2457 Website: http://www.greensborohistoricalsociety.org/

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

Maps
The following are online maps of the town of Greensboro:

1878 map of Greensboro

1878 map of Greensboro Town, and Greensboro Bend Town.

Military Records
Town of Greensboro, Vermont Enrolled Militia Records, 1861-1865, are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Newspapers
The Newport Daily Express

Probate Records
In Vermont, most probate records are kept at the town level. The following are online probate records for the town of Greensboro:

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

Town Histories

 * Glimpes Of Greensboro's History - published by the Greensboro Historical Society.
 * The History of Greensboro : the first two hundred years, by Peter D Watson and Susan Bartlett Weber (1990) - find this book in a library.
 * A history of Greensboro' and the Congregational Church : a semi-centennial discourse delivered November 24, 1854, by James P Stone (1855) - find this book in a library.

Town Records
In Vermont, most records are kept at the town level and generally began being kept at the founding of the town. These records may include the following: The following are Greensboro town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1905-2000, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Greensboro Town Clerk's Office. These include Town and vital records of Greensboro, Vermont, 1814-2000, and Land records, 1831-1912.

Town Clerk
The town clerk is responsible for these records, and so most originals can be found at the town clerk's office.

Greensboro Town Clerk 81 Lauredon Ave. Greensboro, VT 05841 Phone: (802) 533-2911 Email: greensborovt@yahoo.com Website: http://www.greensborovt.org/town-officials/

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