Chittenden County, Vermont Genealogy

United States Vermont  Chittenden County



County Courthouse
Chittenden County Courthouse 175 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401-8310 Phone: 802-863-3467 802.863.7481

Town clerks have birth, marriage, death, burial, probate and land records; County clerk has divorce records from 1829 and court records from 1798 Towns Organized Before 1800: Bolton 1763, Burlington 1763, Charlotte 1762, Colchester 1763, Essex 1763, Hinesburg, 1762, Huntington 1763, Jericho 1763, Milton 1763, Richmond 1794, Shelburne 1763, St. George 1763, Underhill 1763, Williston 1763

Parent County
Created 22 October 1787 from the Colonial lands.

Boundary Changes

 * 5 November 1792, Franklin County set off.
 * 1 November 1810, Jefferson County set off (renamed Washington County 8 November 1814.)
 * 26 October 1835, Lamoille County set off.

Places / Localities
Towns and Cities

Extinct Town:  •

Unincorporated:  • Buel's Gore

Neighboring Counties
Addison | Franklin | Grand Isle | Lamoille | Washington | New York counties: Clinton | Essex

Cemeteries

 * List of Chittenden County Cemeteries

Probate Records
Probate files or packets for Chittenden County are now digitized and available at http://labs.familysearch.org/.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Essex Vermont Family History Center

Websites

 * The Chittenden County VTGenWeb Project, an member of The VTGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project backup site
 * Chittenden County Genealogy (Vermont Genealogy)