Available for purchase are two books regarding the history of the town of Orange. Stop by the Town Office for memorabilia from the Bicentennial. We have pins and ribbons for free and Bicentennial plates and books for purchase.
We also have a very large box of lots of photographs, history documents, school registers and much much more. Come check things out and learn something new about Orange.
The Town of Orange was chartered August 11, 1781. Located in the northwest corner of Orange County, the town is bounded to the south by Washington and Corinth; east by Topsham; north by Groton, Plainfield, Harris and Goshen Gores; and west by Barre.
Orange was “largely a farming town,” when the “top population was reached in 1830 with about 1000 people and over 5000 sheep grazing on the hillsides.” The population in the 2000 census was 951. The tallest peaks in town are Knox Mountain and Butterfield Mountain, both over 3000 feet tall. It was assumed that both mountains were named after the early settlers living in town.
Sources: Vermont Historical Gazetteer, published by Miss A. M. Hemenway; Vermont Place Names, by Esther Munroe Swift.