Norfolk, Essex County, Vermont Genealogy

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Norfolk  is an extinct town formerly in most extreme far northeastern corner of Vermont (and also included some land in what is now New Hampshire). Norfolk was established by Vermont in 1782. In 1801 less-viable Norfolk was annexed to Canaan, Vermont. In its charter Norfolk "Town" was also identified as a gore, and is still known in Canaan as "The Gore." For years Vermont and New Hampshire contested who owned this land because it is east of the Connecticut River. In 1934 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it belongs to Vermont. Beecher Falls is a modern village and Canadian border crossing station within the former town of Norton.

Records. For information about former residents from the part of Norfolk still in Vermont, try searching records of Canaan, Vermont. Canaan town meeting records, 1796-1903, are preserved at the Vermont Public Records Division in Montpelier, Vermont. A microfilm copy is available from the Family History Libray on. Other types of records also exist for Canaan.

For information about former residents from the part of Norfolk now in New Hampshire, see Stewartstown and Clarksville records.

Adjacent towns:  Canaan | New Hampshire: Coös County:  Clarksville | Pittsburg | Stewartstown | Québec: Compton-Stanstead County:  East Hereford | Saint-Herménégilde