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History · North Walpole

North Walpole’s post office opened in 1877, and 51% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 5 old photos and papers from 1912 on.

1877first post office
0on the National Register
51%homes built before 1940
5old photos & papers
1famous people
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Quick answers

How North Walpole began

When was North Walpole founded?

1877

The North Walpole post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 785149 years
Founding year: the first North Walpole post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about North Walpole’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Old housesHalf of North Walpole’s homes were built before 1938.
★ What stands out · The story

How North Walpole came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of North Walpole.

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Spring snowmelt brought log drives down the Connecticut River. Log drivers were stationed to guide logs through a sluice over the dam at Bellows Falls. North Walpole offered twelve to eighteen saloons to quench log drivers' thirst. These spring drives were stopped after 1915, when pleasure boat owners complained about the hazards to navigation.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

North Walpole, 1912 to 1941

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1912In the archiveSanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bellows Falls, Windham County, Vermont, 1912, Plate 0013
  3. 1914Born hereBill Jackowski is born here
  4. 1941In the archiveBellows Falls, Vermont, and on the far side of the river
By decade

North Walpole, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1910s to the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1910s–1940s5 items
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bellows Falls, Windham County, Vermont, 1912, Plate 00131912Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bellows Falls, Windha…MapSanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bellows Falls, Windham County, Vermont, 1912, Plate 00141912Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Bellows Falls, Windha…MapBellows Falls, Vermont, and on the far side of the river1941Bellows Falls, Vermont, and on the far side of the ri…Untitled photo, possibly related to: Bellows Falls, Vermont, and on the far side of the river1941Untitled photo, possibly related to: Bellows Falls, V…Untitled photo, possibly related to: Bellows Falls, Vermont, and on the far side of the river1941Untitled photo, possibly related to: Bellows Falls, V…
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today1 recent
Green Mountain RR 892017Green Mountain RR 89
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Bellows Falls, Vermont, and on the far side of the river
Retake this viewBellows Falls, Vermont, and on the far side of the river, 1941

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Finish North Walpole’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
2 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewBellows Falls, Vermont, and on the far …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Questions about North Walpole’s history

What year was North Walpole founded?

The North Walpole post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), the Library of Congress (3), Wikipedia and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.