Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont Genealogy

Brief History
Wallingford was chartered on November 27, 1761. The first proprietors' meeting was held at Wallingford, Ct, from which place this town was named, on September 12, 1772. The town was organized on March 10, 1778.

Wallingford can boast of three noteworthy individuals; Lyman Batcheller who designed and manufactured light-weight pitch forks, Gilbert Hart who made his fortune with the emery wheel invention and provided money for Wallingford's Gilbert Hart Library, and Paul Harris, who received his education in Wallingford, and founded Rotary Internation.

The population of Wallingford was 2,079 at the 2010 census. Wallingford also contains the villages of East Wallingford and South Wallingford. The majority of the town's population is centered around the Wallingford village. .

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


 * Doty Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Green Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hager-Bourn Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hawkins Cemetery - inscriptons at Find A Grave site.
 * Hill-Roberts Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Laurel Glen Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Maple Grove Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Pelsue Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Saint Patricks Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Stafford Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Sugar Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * West Hill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.


 * Wallingford Cemeteries List at FindAGrave
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * at FamilySearch Catalog
 * Rutland 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 Wallingford, 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 Wallingford:

1. East Wallingford Baptist Church   6132 Route 140    East Wallingford, VT 05742    Phone: (802) 259-2831

2. First Baptist Church of Wallingford   39 School Street    Wallingford, VT 05773    Phone: (802) 446-2020

3. St. Patrick's Catholic Church   238 North Main Street    Wallingford, VT 05773    Phone: (802) 446-2161

4. South Wallingford Union Congregational Church   4210 U.S. Route 7    South Wallingford, VT 05773    Phone: (802) 446-7888

5. Wallingford Congregational Church   189 South Main Street    Wallingford, VT 05773    Phone: (802) 446-2817

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

Libraries and Historical Societies
Gilbert Hart Library 14 South Main Street Telephone/Fax: 446-2685 Wendy Savery, Librarian Email: ghlib@comcast.net Website: http://www.wallingfordvt.com/gilbert_hart_library.htm

Wallingford Historical Society c/o Joyce Barbieri 75 School Street Wallingford, VT 05773 Phone: (802) 446-2336 Website: http://wallingfordhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/

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

1854 Rutland County, Wallingford map

Newspapers
Rutland Herald online at this link.

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

The probate district for Wallingford is Rutland. Rutland Probate Court 83 Center Street Rutland, VT 05701 (802) 775-0114

Town Histories
History of Wallingford, VT, Walter Thorpe, Tuttle, Co., Rutland, VT, 1911. Book available online.

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 Wallingford town records available online:

Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005, can be found on FamilySerach (browse only images) at this link.

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Wallingford Town Clerks Office. These include Town miscellaneous records, v. 1-2, 1772-1890, and Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1883-1995; indexes to births, marriages, deaths, 1772-1995.

Wallingford Town Clerk 75 School Street Wallingford, VT 05773 Phone: (802) 446-2336 Fax: (802) 446-3174 Email: townclerk@wallingfordvt.com Website: http://www.wallingfordvt.com/town_clerk.htm

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

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