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Contents and Links: About Wilmington Activities Points of Interest Contact Info Churches, Ministries, Charitables Schools Official Web Site Neighboring Towns Wikipedia Entry Map / Driving Directions Road Conditions Places to Stay Utilities Twin Silos Bridge Photo © Dave MacKenzie For more of Dave's work, visit our Covered Bridges feature. If you have any comments about this page, please let us know. Residents: Participate in this page. Tell us about your town!
About Wilmington, Vermont [Top] Windham County Chartered: April 29, 1751 (New Hampshire Grant) Area: 27,174 Acres = 42.46 Square Miles [ Size Rank: 91* ] Coordinates (Geographic Center): N 42° 52' W 72°52' Altitude: 1,580 feet ASL Population (US Census, 2010): 1,876 [ Population Rank: 77* ] Population Density (persons per square mile): 44.2 [ Density Rank: 84* ] Full Census Info: Town  County  State *Area, Population and Density rankings refer to Wilmington's relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores and grants). Complete rankings are here. In the original grant of April 29, 1751, the town was named for Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, who was largely responsible for Benning Wentworth's 1741 appointment as Governor of New Hampshire. The town was not settled within the required five-year period, and was re-granted to an entirely different group on June 17, 1763 and named Draper, in honor of either or both John and Richard Draper, the famous Boston printers, father and son. People who settled there apparently didn't like the name, establishing a practice of using the original name very early on. Vermont place names being a rather casual matter in the early days, no official action was ever taken, and the present name is more a matter of custom and usage rather than law. Material excerpted or adapted from Esther Munroe Swift's Vermont Place-Names: Footprints of History with the author's permission
Activities & Points of Interest [Top] Goings-on in and near Wilmington Calendar of Events provided by the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing. Molly Stark State Park Historical Society of Wilmington Historical Society of Windham County
Contact Info [Top] Emergency Services (Statewide): 911 Hospital: Southwestern Medical Center (Bennington) 802-442-6361 Town Clerk:  Susan Haughwout PO Box 217 Wilmington, VT 05363  802-464-5836  M-W 8:30-12 and 1-4; Th F 8:30-4
Churches, Ministries, Charitables [Top] Baptist : Wilmington Baptist Church 802-464-5667 Episcopal : St. Mary in the Mountains 802-464-9341 Roman Catholic : Our Lady of Fatima United Church of Christ : United Church of Christ
Schools [Top] Windham Southwest Supervisory Union 802-464-1300 Deerfield Valley Elementary School 802-464-5177 Twin Valley High School 802-464-5255 Twin Valley Middle School 802-464-5255
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").
Somerset Dover Searsburg Wilmington Marlboro Readsboro Whitingham Halifax
Places To Stay [Top] Deerhill Inn
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 Duncan Cable 802-464-2233 Electric Green Mountain Power 888-835-4672 Telephone Fairpoint 866-984-2001 Do you have a question or comment about Wilmington?   Web Virtual Vermont Recreation - Bridges - Lodging - Shopping - Dining Top Home Virtual Vermont Internet Services What can we do for you? ©1999-2013 January 21, 2013