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United States Vermont  Rutland  Proctor

Brief History
Shrewsbury was chartered on the 4th of September, 1761, by Henning Wentworth, governor of New Hampshire, under George III, to Samuel Ashleyand sixty- three others, only one of whom ever settled in town. Its organization was not effected until March 20, 1781. The town still retains its original limits except one square mile taken from Plymouth, Windsor county, and annexed to Shrewsbury, October 21, 1823.

The town maintained a relatively stable population in the 19th century. Census records indicate 1,289 citizens in 1830 and 1,235 in 1880. When the lumber industry declined, so did the population. According to 2000 figures, 1,108 people call Shrewsbury home.

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

Probate Records
The probate district for Shrewbury is Rutland.

Rutland Probate Court 83 Center Street Rutland, VT 05701 (802) 775-0114

City Directories
FamilySearch Library Catalog

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


 * Ricerside Cemetery
 * St. Dominic Cemetery
 * South Street Cemetery (South Street Cemetery shares a common boundary (on its northern edge) with Saint Dominic Cemetery)

Churches
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Town Records
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 in the Shrewbury Town Hall for the years 1767-1861.

Town of Shrewsbury

Newspapers
Rutland Herald online at this link.