Norwich, Vermont, New England USA

About Norwich, Vermont

Windsor County
Chartered: July 4, 1761 (New Hampshire Grant)
Area: 28,713 Acres = 44.86 Square Miles [ Size Rank: 65* ]
Coordinates (Geographic Center): N 43° 43′ W 72°18′
Altitude: 531 feet ASL
Population (US Census, 2010): 3,414 [ Population Rank: 46* ]
Population Density (persons per square mile): 76.1 [ Density Rank: 55* ]
Full Census Info: Town  County  State

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

Originally spelled Norwhich in the charter, but the extra h was not retained long.

It is often said that the town was named for Alexander Gordon, Earl of Norwich. Cannot be, for there was no Earl of Norwich at the time the grant was made, the title having lapsed a hundred years earlier and not recreated for Gordon until 1784.

Rather, for Norwich, Connecticut (in turn for Norwich, England). The grantees of this Norwich were all from Connecticut. They had petitioned Benning Wentworth for four towns in Coos County, New Hampshire. Instead they got Norwich and Hartford, Vermont and Hanover and Lebanon, New Hampshire. All four towns were named for the grantees’ parent towns, the first proprietors’ meetings were held in Connecticut, and, until the 1790’s, all settlers came from those towns.

Norwich University was originally located here, later moved to Northfield.

Activities & Points of Interest

Goings-on in and near Norwich
Calendar of Events provided by the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing.

Norwich Historical Society

Contact Info

Emergency Services (Statewide): 911
Hospital: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Hanover, NH) 603-650-5000

Town Clerk: Bonnie Munday PO Box 376 Norwich, VT 05055
802-649-1419
M T W F 8:30-4:30; Th 8:30-5

Churches, Ministries, Charitables

Episcopal : St. Barnabas 802-649-1923
Roman Catholic : St. Francis of Assisi 
Unitarian Universalist : Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Upper Valley 802-649-8828
United Church of Christ : United Church of Christ 
United Methodist : Union Village UMC 802-649-1365

Schools

School Administrative Unit #70 603-643-3073
Marion W. Cross School 802-649-1703

Neighboring Towns

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”).

Strafford

Thetford

Sharon

Norwich

New Hampshire

Hartford

Businesses & Services

Green Mountain Railroad

 

Julian of Norwich Handmade Statue Plaque ©WHS picture

Julian of Norwich Handmade Statue Plaque ©WHS

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Cabinet Card Photo - Beautiful Young Woman in Nice Dress - Norwich, Connecticut picture

Cabinet Card Photo - Beautiful Young Woman in Nice Dress - Norwich, Connecticut

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Vintage Vermont College Montpelier VT - Mug & Cup w/ Logo - Norwich University picture

Vintage Vermont College Montpelier VT - Mug & Cup w/ Logo - Norwich University

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c1890s David Maydale & Co Norwich NY Chenango County Advertising Postal Cover picture

c1890s David Maydale & Co Norwich NY Chenango County Advertising Postal Cover

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1983 Norwich Free Academy (MIRROR) - Norwich Connecticut picture

1983 Norwich Free Academy (MIRROR) - Norwich Connecticut

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Thunder International Meet Norwich September 1982 Patch  picture

Thunder International Meet Norwich September 1982 Patch

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Norwich University Brass Cap Shield - Vermont Military College, Vintage Original picture

Norwich University Brass Cap Shield - Vermont Military College, Vintage Original

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Full  MATCHBOOK: Norwich Inn. Norwich, Connecticut .  MB226 picture

Full MATCHBOOK: Norwich Inn. Norwich, Connecticut . MB226

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Vintage 1937 CORONATION KING GEORGE VI Postcard / Norwich Union Insurance Adv. picture

Vintage 1937 CORONATION KING GEORGE VI Postcard / Norwich Union Insurance Adv.

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East Side Park Norwich New York NY 1909 Postcard Chenango County SCENIC VEIW picture

East Side Park Norwich New York NY 1909 Postcard Chenango County SCENIC VEIW

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