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Town
Cities, Towns, Villages, Hamlets within this Township
Brownington, Brownington Center, East Brownington, Evansville, North Brownington
Town Clerk
Cheryl Perry
509 Dutton Brook Lane
Brownington, VT 05860
Ph: 754-8401
Fax: 754-8401
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site
American Local History Network: no info
US GenWeb: no info
Vermont Gateway: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~vermont/OrleansBrownington.html
Vertual Vermont: http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/brownington.html
Vermont in the Civil War: http://www.vermontcivilwar.org/place/b/brownington.shtml
Population According to the U.S. Federal Census
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0
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65
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236
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265
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412
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486
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613
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761
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901
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854
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799
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| Brownington |
748
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760
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741
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697
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689
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673
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599
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522
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708
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705
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885
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Cemeteries & Years in Use
Brownington Center: 1830-present
Brownington Village: 1810-present
East Brownington: 1850-1984
North: 1800-1860
Local Historical Societies, Libraries & Museums
Orleans County Historical Society / Old Stone House Museum
Brownington, VT
Mailing Address:
28 Old Stone House Road
Brownington, VT 05860
802-754-2022
The museum is owned and operated by the Orleans County Historical Society,
which in 1916 rescued the four-story granite building from demolition and
has since used it to display collections of 18th-, 19th-, and early 20th-century
New England furniture, paintings, decorative arts, tools, local folk art,
folk technology, and a small research library. There are 23 rooms of permanent
exhibits including 11 "town rooms" representing 11 of the 18 towns in the
county. Today, the museum complex includes the Cyrus Eaton House (1834),
the Alexander Twilight Homestead (c. 1830), and 55 acres of open land.
Activities include guided tours of the museum, annual antique engine shows,
and Old Stone House Day (Sun. nearest Bennington Battle Day, which is Aug
16). The museum also provides a variety of educational programs to schools
in the region. Contact Person: Tracy Martin, Director. Hours and Admission:
mid-May through June 30 and Sept 1 through mid-Oct, Fri – Tues, 11am –
5pm. July and Aug, daily, 11am – 5pm. Adults $5, Orleans County Residents
$4, Students $2.
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