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Contents: About Pomfret Activities Points of Interest Contact Info Churches, Ministries, Charitables Neighboring Towns Map / Driving Directions Road Conditions Utilities Abbott Memorial Library (Photo by Matt Wills) If you have any comments about this page, please let us know. Residents: Participate in this page. Tell us about your town!
About Pomfret, Vermont [Top] Windsor County Chartered: July 8, 1761 (New Hampshire Grant) Area: 25,223 Acres = 39.41 Square Miles [ Size Rank: 133* ] Coordinates (Geographic Center): N 43° 42' W 72°31' Altitude: 1,333 feet ASL Population (US Census, 2000): 997 [ Population Rank: 159* ] Population Density (persons per square mile): 25.3 [ Density Rank: 165* ] Full Census Info: Town  County  State *Area, Population and Density rankings refer to Pomfret's relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores and grants). Complete rankings are here. Most historians credit Benning Wentworth with having named the town in honor of Thomas Fermor, Baron Lempster (a corruption of Leominster) and Earl of Pomfret. Wentworth and Fermor were related by by marriage through the Wodehouse family, and Wentworth had named the town of Lemster, New Hampshire the same year. Those same historians seem to overlook that many of the grantees lived in Pomfret, Connecticut, where the Vermont town's first meetings were held. The Connecticut town derives its name from the English town of Pontefract (literally, "broken bridge"). In England, Pontefract is pronounced the same as the Vermont and Connecticut towns. Material excerpted or adapted from Esther Munroe Swift's Vermont Place-Names: Footprints of History (Used with permission)
Activities & Points of Interest [Top] Goings-on in and near Pomfret Calendar of Events provided by the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing. Pomfret Historical Society Covered Bridge (With Google Maps and satellite images): Smith      Click Here for a map of all bridges in Windsor County.
Contact Info [Top] Emergency Services (Statewide): 911 Hospital: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Hanover, NH) 603-650-5000 Town Clerk:  Andrew Mann PO Box 64 South Pomfret, VT 05067  802-457-3861  Mon Wed Fri 830-230
Churches, Ministries, Charitables [Top] United Church of Christ : United Church of Christ (North Pomfret)
Neighboring Towns [Top]
This is a basic geographic reference, intended to show relative location of adjacent towns. Directional accuracy is limited to 16 compass points. There isn't even the slightest suggestion that one can necessarily travel directly from one town to the next (as in "You can't get there from here").
Royalton Sharon Pomfret Barnard Hartford Bridgewater Woodstock
Utilities [Top] Notes about utilities: One electric or phone company indicates that company serves the entire town. More than one of either indicates each serves different areas of town. A listed cable company MIGHT mean the entire town is covered, but not necessarily. More than one listed indicates each serves different areas of town. Unless your area is one served by Vermont's only gas utility, your only option is bottled gas (any dealer). Cable South Pomfret Non-Profit Cable Electric Central Vermont Public Service 800-451-2877 Telephone Fairpoint 866-984-2001 Do you have a question or comment about Pomfret?   Web Virtual Vermont Recreation - Bridges - Lodging - Shopping - Dining Top Home Virtual Vermont Internet Services What can we do for you? ©1999-2009 June 29, 2009