Windham County is a county in Vermont, United States, in the southeastern corner of the state along the Connecticut River. It had a population of 45,905 at the 2020 census and covers 798 square miles (2,070 km2), of which 785 square miles (2,030 km2) are land and 13 square miles (34 km2) are water, centred near 42\u00b059\u203255\u2033N 72\u00b040\u203207\u2033W.<\/p>\n
Newfane is the county seat, and its postal code is 05345. The county has 23 towns, 5 incorporated villages and 17 census-designated places, no cities and no civil townships — Vermont’s towns are the primary unit of local government and each town governs its own unincorporated land. Windham County lies in the Eastern time zone and carries FIPS code 50025.<\/p>\n
Windham County has 23 towns, each a full municipality under Vermont’s town-meeting system. Five of those towns also contain a separately incorporated village with its own charter and, in some cases, its own local government layered on top of the town: Bellows Falls (in Rockingham), Jacksonville (in Whitingham), Newfane (in Newfane), Saxtons River (in Rockingham) and Westminster (in Westminster). A further 17 places are Census Bureau-defined CDPs — population centers with no separate legal government — used to report village-cluster data for statistical purposes. The table below carries the county’s parent town for every place that is not itself a town.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Parent Town<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05143<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Brattleboro<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 12,184<\/td>\n | 05301<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| West Brattleboro<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | Brattleboro<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05301<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Brookline<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05345<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dover<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05341<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| West Dover<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Dover<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05356<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dummerston<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05301<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| East Dummerston<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Dummerston<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05346<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| West Dummerston<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | Dummerston<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05357<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dummerston Center<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Dummerston<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Grafton<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05146<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Guilford<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05301<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Guilford Center<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Guilford<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| West Guilford<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Guilford<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Halifax<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05358<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| West Halifax<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Halifax<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05358<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Jamaica<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05343<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| East Jamaica<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Jamaica<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| West Jamaica<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Jamaica<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Londonderry<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05148<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| South Londonderry<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | Londonderry<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Marlboro<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05344<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Newfane<\/td>\n | Village · seat<\/td>\n | Newfane<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05345<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| South Newfane<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Newfane<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05351<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Williamsville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Newfane<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Putney<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05346<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| East Putney<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Putney<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rockingham<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05101<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bellows Falls<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | Rockingham<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05101<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Saxtons River<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | Rockingham<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05154<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cambridgeport<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Rockingham<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Somerset<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Stratton<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Stratton Mountain<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | Stratton<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Townshend<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| West Townshend<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Townshend<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05359<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Vernon<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05354<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wardsboro<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| West Wardsboro<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Wardsboro<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| South Wardsboro<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Wardsboro<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wardsboro Center<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Wardsboro<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Westminster<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | Westminster<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05158<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Westminster Station<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Westminster<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05159<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Westminster West<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Westminster<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| North Westminster<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | Westminster<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Whitingham<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05361<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Jacksonville<\/td>\n | Village<\/td>\n | Whitingham<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05342<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wilmington<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05363<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Windham<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 05359<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n The old list carried several genuine but very small crossroads and hilltop hamlets — Algiers, Ames Hill, Bemis Hill, Brockways Mills, Brookside, Chimney Hill, Fairview Village, Goose City, Grove, Harmonyville, Harrisville, Houghtonville, Hyde Hill, Medburyville, North Vernon, North Windham, Packer Corner, Pikes Falls, Podunk, Rawsonville, Reid Hollow, Sherwood Forest, Simpsonville, South Vernon, South Windham, Thompsonburg, Whitneyville and Williamsville Station. These are real informal place names within the towns above but have no independent population, ZIP or Census-Bureau boundary of their own, so they are omitted from the table rather than assigned an unverifiable town.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nSomerset, Stratton’s back-country hamlets and several of the informal hilltop places above use a neighboring town’s post office rather than one of their own.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nWindham County sits in Vermont’s southeastern corner, bounded on the east by the Connecticut River, which forms the state line with New Hampshire. The county rises from the river valley through rolling hill towns into the southern Green Mountains, where Stratton Mountain and the Somerset Reservoir mark the county’s high, sparsely populated west. The West River, a Connecticut River tributary, runs the length of the county through Jamaica, Townshend and Newfane; Harriman Reservoir straddles Wilmington and Whitingham.<\/p>\n Windham County borders Windsor County<\/a> to the north, Sullivan County, New Hampshire<\/a> to the northeast, Cheshire County, New Hampshire<\/a> to the east, Franklin County, Massachusetts<\/a> to the south, and Bennington County<\/a> to the west.<\/p>\n Windham County had 45,905 residents at the 2020 census, giving a density of about 58 people per square mile. Brattleboro is the largest municipality by a wide margin, with Rockingham (including its Bellows Falls village) the county’s second-largest town. Windham County’s median household income runs below the Vermont median of $81,211, reflecting the county’s mix of aging hill-town populations and a service- and tourism-driven local economy; Brattleboro and the river-valley towns skew closer to the state figure, while the county’s smallest hill towns run well under it.<\/p>\n Brattleboro anchors the county’s economy as a regional retail, healthcare and arts hub, home to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital and a cluster of galleries and independent shops along Main Street. Ski tourism drives the west of the county: Mount Snow in Dover and Stratton Mountain Resort in Stratton bring seasonal visitors and second-home owners who support restaurants, lodging and real estate throughout the surrounding towns. Landmark College in Putney serves students with learning differences, and the School for International Training (SIT) is based in Brattleboro. The Brattleboro Literary Festival and the Guilford Fair are among the county’s best-known annual events.<\/p>\n Windham County was organized on February 16, 1781, carved from the former Cumberland County of the New York-chartered era, and takes its name from the town of Windham, Vermont, itself named for Windham, Connecticut. The area saw early conflict during the French and Indian War, including the 1755 burning of Fort Bridgman near present-day Vernon. Vermont’s 1777 declaration of independence, made at Westminster, gave the county a formative role in the founding of the Vermont Republic, and Westminster is sometimes called the “birthplace of Vermont” for that reason.<\/p>\n Interstate 91 runs the length of the county along the Connecticut River, with US Route 5 paralleling it through Brattleboro, Putney and Westminster. Vermont Routes 9, 30, 100 and 121 connect the hill towns to the west.<\/p>\n The nearest commercial airport is Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Connecticut, about 65 miles south.<\/p>\n Where is Windham County, Vermont?<\/strong> What is the population of Windham County?<\/strong> How big is Windham County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Windham County?<\/strong> How many towns are in Windham County?<\/strong> |