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About Rockingham, Vermont 
Windham County
*Area, Population and Density rankings above refer to Rockingham's relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores and grants). Complete rankings are here.
Rockingham is named for Benning Wentworth's relative, Charles Watson-Wentworth, who succeeded his father as Marquis of Rockingham. Despite a preference for being a country gentleman and sportsman, he felt an obligation to an active role in government: over thirty crucial years, he was twice Prime Minister and held almost every other post of consequence. In this country he is remembered for having secured the repeal of the Stamp Act, and for proposing that the American Colonies be granted their independence. Rockingham village was, at one time, an important place, being centrally located in the town and the site of the town's offices. As the town grew, more and more businesses chose to locate in Bellows Falls, its location on the Connecticut River providing for easier transportation. With the coming of the railroad through Bellows Falls, the post office at Rockingham closed, and no office has used the town's name since. This confuses many, thinking that Bellows Falls is a town, when it is actually a village in Rockingham town; confusion is furthered when no village of Rockingham can be found, except for the Meeting House (pictured above) and cemetery marking its former location on the hilltop overlooking Route 103.
Material excerpted or adapted from Esther Munroe Swift's
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Activities & Points of Interest
Goings-on in and near Rockingham Historical Society of Windham County Old Meeting House Rockingham Meeting House Association Covered Bridges
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Contact Info Emergency Services (Statewide): 911
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Churches, Ministries, Charitables United Church of Christ : United Church of Christ |
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Schools Windham Northeast Supervisory Union 802-463-9958 |
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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").
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Utilities Notes about utilities:
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