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United States Vermont  Bennington   Dorset

Brief History
Dorset was chartered by New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth in 1761.

The country's first commercial marble quarry was opened in South Dorset by Isaac Underhill in 1785 on the land of Reuben Bloomer. Over the next 130 years, two dozen or more quarries located on the slopes of Dorset Mountain and Mt. Aeolus were quarried.

It was in 1775 and 1776, that this town hosted the vitally important Dorset Conventions which set the stage for the creation of the Republic and later the state of Vermont.

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
A Brief History of St James Episcopal Church: 1764 to The Present in Historical Arlington, Vermont.

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

City Directories
Vermont City Directories in Vermont Repositories

The Family History Library has microfilm of Arlington City Directories

Maps
1856 Arlington map

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


 * Evergreen Cemetery
 * Guber Farm Cemetery
 * Le Barron-Harrington Farm Cemetery
 * Matteson Cemetery
 * Rhoda Blowers Cemetery
 * Saint Columban Cemetery
 * Saint James Cemetery - full listing of those buried is online
 * South End Cemetery
 * West Arlington Cemetery - full listing of those buried is online
 * Wilder Cemetery

Churches
1. Federated Church of East Arlington   Ice Pond Road    PO Box 246    E Arlington VT 05252    Phone: (802) 375-2548    Website: http://www.vtcucc.org/churches/EastArlington.html

2. Saint James Episcopal Church   Route 7A    PO Box 25    Arlington, VT 05250    Phone: (802) 375-9952     Website: http://www.stjamesarlingtonvt.org/

2. St. Margaret Mary Roman Catholic    3938 Route 7A     Arlington, VT 05250     Phone: (802) 362-1380

3. United Church of Christ    Sandgate Rd    Arlington, VT 05250    Phone: (802) 375-9289

Town Records
The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Arlington Town Clerks Office. These include Land records, 1780-1915; general index to land records, 1780-1903

Town of Dorset PO Box 715 112 Mad Tom Road East Dorset, VT 05253 Phone: (802) 362 4571 Email: dorsetclerk@gmail.com Website: http://www.dorsetvt.org/clerk.php

Newspapers
Bennington Banner Newspaper

The Manchester Journal

Libraries and Historical Societies
Dorset Village Library P. O. Box 38 Route 30 &amp; Church St Dorset, VT 05251 Phone: (802) 867-5774 E-mail: dorsetlibrary@aol.com Website: http://www.dorsetlibraryinfo.org/

Dorset Historical Society PO Box 52 Route 30 at Kent Hill Road Dorset, VT 05251 Phone: (802) 867-0331 E-mail: info@dorsetvthistory.org Website: http://www.dorsetvthistory.org/index.php