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United States Vermont  Bennington   Landgrove

Brief History
Landgrove is unusual in that it was chartered to people who already lived there. In 1769 William Utley, his son Asa, and their families settled in what they thought was the town of Bromley (now Peru). In time they discovered that they had settled in a gore of unchartered land between Bromley on the west and Weston and Londonderry on the east. Up to that time it had been assumed that Bromley abutted Weston and Londonderry.

Historical Data
The Vermont Historical Gazetteer is a 5 volume set of historical information by Abby Maria Hemenway with Volume I published in 1867 and Volume V completed in 1891 after her death. Also available online in PDF format at this link.

Town Histories
The Landgrove Meetinghouse : a cross section of Landgrove, Vermont history by Fontaine Martin. Locate this book in a library.

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

Maps
1856 Landgrove map

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


 * New Landgrove Cemetery
 * Old Landgrove Cemetery

Town Records
The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Landgrove Town Clerks Office. These include Clerk's records of birth certificates, burial permits, and marriage licenses, 1903-1941, Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1781-1994, and Land records, 1800-1909.

Landgrove Town Clerk Mailing Address: P.O. Box 508 Londonderry, VT 05148 Physical Address: 88 Landgrove Road Landgrove, VT 05148 Phone:: (802) 824-3716 Email: landgrov@sover.net

Newspapers
The Manchester Journal

Libraries and Historical Societies
Landgrove Historical Society Landgrove Town Hall, Landgrove, VT Mailing Address: PO Box 734, Landgrove, VT 05148 Contact: May Bigelow, President Phone: (802) 824-6624 Email Address: mbigelow@myvermont.com