Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont Genealogy
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Vermont, United States Genealogy Rutland Wallingford
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Brief History[edit | edit source]
Wallingford was chartered on November 27, 1761. The first proprietors' meeting was held at Wallingford, Ct, from which place this town was named, on September 12, 1772. The town was organized on March 10, 1778.
Wallingford can boast of three noteworthy individuals; Lyman Batcheller who designed and manufactured light-weight pitch forks, Gilbert Hart who made his fortune with the emery wheel invention and provided money for Wallingford's Gilbert Hart Library, and Paul Harris, who received his education in Wallingford, and founded Rotary Internation.
The population of Wallingford was 2,079 at the 2010 census. Wallingford also contains the villages of East Wallingford and South Wallingford. The majority of the town's population is centered around the Wallingford village.[1].[2]
Town Histories [edit | edit source]
History of Wallingford, VT, Walter Thorpe, Tuttle, Co., Rutland, VT, 1911. Book available online.
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
The probate district for Wallingford is Rutland.
Rutland Probate Court
83 Center Street
Rutland, VT 05701
(802) 775-0114
City Directories[edit | edit source]
Maps[edit | edit source]
1854 Rutland County, Wallingford map
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
The following is a list of cemeteries in present-day Wallingford. For location of cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Rutland County, website at this link.
- Baker Cemetery
- Catholic Cemetery
- Doty Cemetery
- Green Hill Cemetery
- Hill Roberts Cemetery
- Hager-Bourn Cemetery
- Hawkins Cemetery
- Laurel Glen Cemetery
- Maple Grove Cemetery
- Packer Cemetery
- Pelsue-Jarvary Cemetery
- Saint Patricks Cemetery
- Southard-Munson Cemetery
- Stafford Cemetery
- Sugar Hill Cemetery
- West Hill Cemetery
- Wallingford Cemetery
Churches
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1. East Wallingford Baptist Church
6132 Route 140
East Wallingford, VT 05742
Phone: (802) 259-2831
2. First Baptist Church of Wallingford
39 School Street
Wallingford, VT 05773
Phone: (802) 446-2020
3. St. Patrick's Catholic Church
238 North Main Street
Wallingford, VT 05773
Phone: (802) 446-2161
4. South Wallingford Union Congregational Church
4210 U.S. Route 7
South Wallingford, VT 05773
Phone: (802) 446-7888
5. Wallingford Congregational Church
189 South Main Street
Wallingford, VT 05773
Phone: (802) 446-2817
Town Records[edit | edit source]
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 from the Wallingford Town Clerks Office. These include Town miscellaneous records, v. 1-2, 1772-1890, and Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1883-1995; indexes to births, marriages, deaths, 1772-1995.
Wallingford Town Clerk
75 School Street
Wallingford, VT 05773
Phone: (802) 446-2336
Fax: (802) 446-3174
Email: townclerk@wallingfordvt.com
Website: http://www.wallingfordvt.com/town_clerk.htm
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Rutland Herald online at this link.
Libraries and Historical Societies
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Gilbert Hart Library
14 South Main Street
Telephone/Fax: 446-2685
Wendy Savery, Librarian
Email: ghlib@comcast.net
Website: http://www.wallingfordvt.com/gilbert_hart_library.htm
Wallingford Historical Society
c/o Joyce Barbieri
75 School Street
Wallingford, VT 05773
Phone: (802) 446-2336
Website: http://wallingfordhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/
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