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Westminster
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About Westminster, Vermont
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Windham County
Chartered: November 9, 1752 (New Hampshire Grant)
Area: 28,953 Acres = 45.24 Square Miles [ Size Rank: 63* ]
Coordinates (Geographic Center): 72°27''W 43°04'N
Altitude: 314 feet ASL
Population (US Census, 2000): 3,210 [ Population Rank: 52* ]
Population Density (persons per square mile): 71 [ Density Rank: 63* ]
Tax Rates (2006): Homestead $1.5151; NonResidential $1.3846

*Area, Population and Density rankings above refer to Westminster's relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores and grants). Complete rankings are here.

Although it is not certain, it seems likely that Benning Wentworth named this town in the Grants for Westminster, England, now part of London. In Wentworth's time Westminster was a separate town, adjacent to Putney and Fulham (as Westminster, Vermont is near Putney and Dummerston, originally Fullum).

Material excerpted or adapted from Esther Munroe Swift's
Vermont Place-Names: Footprints of History
(Used with permission)

Activities & Points of Interest
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Goings-on in and near Westminster
Calendar of Events provided by the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing.

Historical Society of Windham County

Westminster Historical Society

Contact Info
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Emergency Services (Statewide): 911
Hospital: Rockingham Memorial Hospital (Bellows Falls) 802-463-3903
Town Clerk: Doreen Woodward, 802-722-4091, PO Box 147 Westminster, VT 05158

Churches, Ministries, Charitables
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Congregational : First Congregational Church 802-722-4148
Nondenominational : Christian Family Circle Church 802-463-4448
United Church of Christ : United Church of Christ
United Church of Christ : Westminster West United Church of Christ

Schools
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Windham Northeast Supervisory Union 802-463-9958
Compass School 802-463-2525
Westminster Schools 802-722-3241

Neighboring Towns
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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").

Rockingham
Athens Westminster
New Hampshire
Brookline
Putney

Utilities
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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).
    Electric Green Mountain Power 888-835-4672
    Telephone Verizon 800-870-9999
    Telephone Vermont Telephone Company 800-279-4049

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