Lamoille County, Vermont Genealogy
Guide to Lamoille County, Vermont ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
| Lamoille County, Vermont | |
| Map | |
 Location in the state of Vermont, United States Genealogy | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | October 26, 1835 |
|---|---|
| County Seat | Hyde Park |
| Courthouse | |
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| Address | Lamoille County Courthouse P.O. Box 303 Hyde Park , VT 05655-0303 802-888-2207 Lamoille County Website |
Contents
Description[edit | edit source]
The County was named for Lamoille River. The County is located in the north center area of the state. [1]
Lamoille County, Vermont Record Dates[edit | edit source]
| Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Court | Land | Probate | Census |
| at town creation | at town creation | at town creation | 1837 | Unknown | 1837 | 1790 |
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
County Clerk has divorce and court records from 1837; Town Clerks have birth, marriage, death, burial and land records; Probate Judge has probate records.
Towns Organized Before 1800:
Cambridge 1781
Elmore 1781
Hyde Park 1781
Johnson 1792br>Morristown 1763
Stowe 1763
Wolcott 1781 [3]
History[edit | edit source]
Parent County[edit | edit source]
- Created 26 October 1835 from Chittenden and Orange counties.[4]
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
For animated maps illustrating Vermont County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Vermont County Boundary Maps" (1764-1895) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.
Places / Localities[edit | edit source]
Populated Places[edit | edit source]
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[5]
Towns
Extinct Towns: • Mansfield • Sterling [6]
Villages: • Cambridge • Hyde Park • Jeffersonville • Johnson • Morrisville
Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]
Caledonia | Chittenden | Franklin | Orleans | Washington
Resources[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
| Tombstone Transcriptions Online | Tombstone Transcriptions in Print | List of Cemeteries in the county |
| Findagrave.com | Family History Library | Findagrave.com |
| VTGenWeb Archives | WorldCat | Billion Graves |
| VTTombstone Project | FamilySearch Places | |
| VTInterment | ||
| Billion Graves | ||
| See Vermont Cemeteries for more information. | ||
- List of Lamoille County Cemeteries
- Random Acts VT Cemetery Records Research Guide
Census Records[edit | edit source]
| Historical populations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± |
| 1840 | 10,475 | — |
| 1850 | 10,872 | 3.8% |
| 1860 | 12,311 | 13.2% |
| 1870 | 12,448 | 1.1% |
| 1880 | 12,684 | 1.9% |
| 1890 | 12,831 | 1.2% |
| 1900 | 12,289 | −4.2% |
| 1910 | 12,585 | 2.4% |
| 1920 | 11,858 | −5.8% |
| 1930 | 10,947 | −7.7% |
| 1940 | 11,028 | 0.7% |
| 1950 | 11,388 | 3.3% |
| 1960 | 11,027 | −3.2% |
| 1970 | 13,309 | 20.7% |
| 1980 | 16,767 | 26.0% |
| 1990 | 19,735 | 17.7% |
| 2000 | 23,233 | 17.7% |
| 2010 | 24,475 | 5.3% |
| Source: "Wikipedia.org". | ||
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Ward and Branch Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Morrisville
List of Churches and Church Parishes
Court Records[edit | edit source]
Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
- FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places
Land and Property[edit | edit source]
Local Histories[edit | edit source]
Maps[edit | edit source]
for more resources
- FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places
Military Records[edit | edit source]
Civil War[edit | edit source]
- 1861 - 1867 Vermont, Enrolled Militia Records, 1861-1867 at FamilySearch — index and images — How to Use this Collection
Regiments and Companies:
- - 5th Regiment, Vermont Infantry, Company D
- - 13th Regiment, Vermont Infantry
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Online Probate Records
- 1749 - 1999 Vermont Wills and Probate Records 1749-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
- 1800 - 1921 Vermont Probate Files 1800-1921 at FamilySearch — images — How to Use this Collection
Taxation[edit | edit source]
Town Records[edit | edit source]
- 1850-2005 - Vermont, Town Records, 1850-2005 at FamilySearch — index and images — How to Use this Collection
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
- 1732 - 2005 Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005 at FamilySearch — index and images — How to Use this Collection
- 1850 - 2005 Vermont, Town Records, 1850-2005 at FamilySearch — index and images — How to Use this Collection
See also How to order Vermont Vital Records, order electronically online or download an application for the following Vermont certificates:
- Birth Certificate,
- Marriage Certificate ,
- Divorce Certificate,
- Civil Union Dissolution Certificate, or
- Death Certificate
Downloadable applications from Vermont Department of Health.
Societies and Libraries[edit | edit source]
See also a List of Vermont Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies
Historical Societies[edit | edit source]
Cambridge Historical Society
49 School Street
PO Box 16
Jeffersonville, VT 05464
Telephone: 802-644-5675
E-mail:info@cambridgehistoricalsociety.org
Website
Eden Historical Society
PO Box 33
Eden, VT 05652
Telephone: 802-635-2590 or 802-635-7269
E-mail:ddwhitcomb@myfairpoint.net
Elmore Historical Society
VT Route 12
PO Box 123
Lake Elmore, VT 05657
Telephone: 802-888-3618
E-mail:cricket@pshift.com
Johnson Historical Society
Masonic Temple
Main and Pearl Streets
PO Box 393
Johnson, VT 05656
Telephone: 802-653-741
Website
Morristown Historical Society
Noyes House Museum
122 Main Street
MPO Box 1299
Morrisville, VT 05661
Telephone: 802-888-7617
E-mail:noyeshousemuseum@gmail.com
Website
Lamoille County Historical Societies
Website
Family History Centers[edit | edit source]
Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.
Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Lamoille County, VT History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
- Vermont Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
- FamilySearch Catalog FamilySearch Catalog for Lamoille County
- The Lamoille County VTGenWeb Project, a member of The VTGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
- The USGenWeb Archives Project for Lamoille County
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Lamoille, Vermont" in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamoille_County,_Vermont accessed 6 Dec 2018
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Lamoille County, Vermont . Page 698-699 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 686-687.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 699. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists, 181.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Lamoille_ County,_Vermont," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamoille_County,_Vermont accessed 24 October 2019.
- ↑ Michael J. Leclerc, Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research, 5th ed. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012), 395. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 974 D27g 2012.
