Orange County was establised
in 1781, from Cumberland County, Vermont, which was created from Cumberland
and Gloucester counties, in New York.
Located in eastern Vermont,
with the Connecticut River as it's eastern boundary, and the state of New
Hampshire across the river, the communities in Orange County include:
Boltonville, Bradford, Braintree, Brookfield, Chelsea, Corinth, East Corinth,
East Orange, East Randolph, Ely, Fairlee, Newbury, Orange, Post Mills,
Randolph, South Newbury, South Strafford, Thetford, Tunbridge, Vershire,
Waits River, Washington, Wells River, West Corinth, West Fairlee, West
Newbury, West Topsham, Williamstown.
Chelsea
is the chief town. This county is bounded north by Washington and
Caledonia Counties, east by Connecticut River, south by Windsor County,
and west by Addison and Washington Counties. The eastern range of
the Green Mountains extends along the north western part of the county.
The principal rivers, besides the Connecticut, are the Ompomponoosue, Wait's,
branches of the White and Stevens' branch of the Winooski.
The
lands in Orange County are generally good for grazing, and supply many
cattle and all the varieties of the dairy, of which a large amount is annually
sent to market.
This
county contains some excellent tracts of land on the banks of the Connecticut.
Iron and lead ores, slate and granite, are abundant.
(Gazetteer
of Vermont by John Hayward, 1849, p. 95)
Bradford
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Topsham
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Braintree
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Newbury
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Tunbridge
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Brookfield
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Orange
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Vershire
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Chelsea
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Randolph
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Washington
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Corinth
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Strafford
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West
Fairlee
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Fairlee
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Thetford
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Williamstown
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