Wardsboro, Vermont
| Wardsboro, Vermont | |
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Old Methodist Church, built 1832
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 Wardsboro, Vermont |
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 Wardsboro, Vermont
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| Coordinates: 43°2′7″N 72°48′46″W / 43.03528°N 72.81278°WCoordinates: 43°2′7″N 72°48′46″W / 43.03528°N 72.81278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Vermont |
| County | Windham |
| Chartered | 1780 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29.3 sq mi (75.8 km2) |
| • Land | 29.3 sq mi (75.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,391 ft (424 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 900 |
| • Density | 30.7/sq mi (11.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 05355 |
| Area code(s) | 802 |
| FIPS code | 50-76225 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1462241 |
Wardsboro is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 900 at the 2010 census. The town includes the villages of Wardsboro Center, West Wardsboro and South Wardsboro.
The town was settled circa 1779 by Samuel Davis and his wife from Milford, Massachusetts. It was granted and chartered on November 7, 1780 to William Ward of Newfane, for whom the town was named Wardsborough, together with 62 others. In 1788, it was divided into north and south districts, the latter set off and incorporated in 1810 as Dover. Although the terrain is very uneven and in parts rocky, farmers worked the soil into productivity.
Mills were built along the brook, a tributary of the West River. In 1859, industries included three gristmills, six sawmills, one tannery, and a rawhide whip factory. During the Civil War, Wardsborough Center was called Unionville because of its strong Federal sentiment. In the 1880s, Jebediah Estabrook's tub, bucket and pail factory at Wardsborough Center was the area's principal employer. In 1894, the U.S. Post Office dropped the "ugh" from town names ending in "borough," so Wardsborough was thereafter known as Wardsboro.
Wardsboro was one of thirteen Vermont towns isolated by flooding caused by Hurricane Irene in 2011, and it was the last of those towns to be released from its isolation.
In April 2016, the Vermont State Legislature voted to make the Gilfeather Turnip the Official Vermont State Vegetable. This unusual hybrid, dating back to the early 1900s, is credited to Farmer John Gilfeather of the Gilfeather Farm in Wardsboro.
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