Orange County, Vermont Genealogy

United States   Vermont    Orange County

County Courthouse
Orange County Courthouse 5 Court Street, Chelsea, VT 05038 802-685-4610 Fax: 802-685-3246

Parent County

 * Created 22 February 1781 from the Colonial Lands.

Boundary Changes

 * 18 October 1785, Addison County set off.
 * 5 November 1792, Caledonia, Essex and Orleans Counties set off.
 * 1 November 1810, part of Jefferson County set off (renamed Washington County 8 November 1814.)
 * 26 October 1835, Lamoille County set off.

Populated Places
Towns:

Villages:


 * Newbury
 * Wells River

Community:


 * Bradford

Neighboring Counties
Addison | Caledonia | Washington | Windsor | Grafton County, New Hampshire

Census
A transcript of the 1771 census of Gloucester County, New York survives:


 * O'Callaghan, Edmund B. Documentary History of the State of New York Vol. 4 (1851):709. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.

Probate
Orange County Probate Districts


 * Randolph District - Braintree, Brookfield, Chelsea, Orange, Randolph, Tunbridge, Washington and Williamstown.
 * Bradford District - Bradford, Corinth, Fairlee, Newbury, Strafford, Thetford, Topsham, Vershire and West Fairlee.
 * Orange District - in 1994 the Randolph and Bradford Districts merged under the Orange District.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Family History Library catalog for Orange County
 * The Orange County VTGenWeb Project, an member of The VTGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Orange County