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United States Vermont  Addison   Starksboro

Brief History
Starksboro was chartered on November 9, 1780 by the Vermont State Legislature. The town was organized in March, 1796. Although Starksboro village on Route 116 is now commonly recognized as the town’s primary center, in earlier times there were many other villages and hamlets: Brownsboro; Little Boston, Hillsboro, and Jerusalem.

Town Histories

 * History of the Starksboro Village Meeting House.
 * Bertha's book : a view of Starksboro's history, by Bertha B Hanson and Emma-Lou G Craig (1998) - find this book in a library.

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

Probate Records
The probate district for Starksboro is Addison. Addison Probate Court 7 Mahady Court Middlebury, VT 05753 Phone: (802) 388-2612

Maps
1871 map of Starksboro Township

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


 * Brace (Newell Stokes) Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Brown Hill Cemetery - inscriptons online.
 * Catholic Cemetry - inscriptions online.
 * Green Mountain Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Hillsboro Cemetery - inscriptions online.
 * Jerusalem Cemetery - inscriptions at Find a Grave site.
 * Mason Hill Cemetery - inscriptions online.
 * Norton Cemetery - inscriptions online.
 * Rounds Cemetery - inscriptions online.
 * Quaker-Friends Cemetery - inscriptions online.
 * Starksboro Village Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
 * Taft Cemetery - inscriptions online.
 * Village Cemetery - inscriptions online.

Churches
Starksborough Monthly Meeting Records of the Society of Friends, 1813-1838 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Town Records
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1783-1998, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).

The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Starksboro Town Clerk's Office. These include Vital records of Starksboro, Vermont, 1857-1998, Deeds, 1796-1849; index, 1797-1880, and Land records, 1792-1877.

Starksboro Town Clerk 2849 Vermont 116 PO Box 91 Starksboro, VT 05487 Phone: (802) 453-2639 Email: starksboro@madriver.com Website: https://sites.google.com/a/starksboro.org/starksboro/

Newspapers
Addison County Independent ($)

Burlington Free Press

Rutland Herald

Libraries and Historical Societies
Starksboro Public Library 2827 VT RT 116 PO Box 124 Starksboro, VT 05487 Phone: 802-453-3732 Email: starksboropl@comcast.net Website: http://starksborolibrary.wordpress.com/

Starksboro Historical Society 6657 Vermont 116 Starksboro, VT 05487 Phone: (802) 434-3469 Website: http://www.starksborohistoricalsociety.org/