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History · Alburgh

Alburgh’s post office opened in 1817, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1895 on and the census since 1790.

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Quick answers

How Alburgh began

When was Alburgh founded?

1817

The Alburgh post office opened in 1817, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 446 in 17902020 census: 571209 years
Founding year: the first Alburgh post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Alburgh’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Alburgh are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18956 editions of the USGS map, 1895 to 1977. Watch Alburgh change.Deep rootsA post office since 1817: 209 years of Alburgh.
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Start Alburgh’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Alburgh’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Alburgh on the map, 1895 to 1977

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Alburgh. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Alburgh on the 1895 USGS mapAlburgh on the 1907 USGS mapAlburgh on the 1939 USGS mapAlburgh on the 1943 USGS mapAlburgh on the 1956 USGS mapAlburgh on the 1977 USGS map1895Rouse Point sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Alburgh.

Timeline

Alburgh, 1818 to 1895

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1818Born hereBarbour Lewis is born here
  3. 1846Born hereHenry Thomas Reed is born here
  4. 1855Born hereNorman Albert Mott is born here
  5. 1856Born hereWillis Sweet is born here
  6. 1895On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Alburgh, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Alburgh yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Alburgh (formerly Alburg) is a town in Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States, founded in 1781 by Ira Allen. The population was 2,106 at the 2020 United States census. Alburgh is on the Alburgh Tongue, a peninsula extending from Canada into Lake Champlain, and lies on the only road-based route across Lake Champlain to New York state north of Addison, Vermont.

Its first post office opened in 1817.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Alburgh

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Alburgh, census by census

05001,0001,5002,000180018501900195020002,106

Grew from 446 people in 1790 to 2,106 in 2020, 4 times over.

24 censuses, 1790–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Alburgh’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

5 famous people were born in Alburgh

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Willis SweetAmerican politician · b. 1856
Barbour LewisAmerican politician · b. 1818
Henry Thomas ReedUnited States federal judge · b. 1846
Norman Albert MottAmerican politician · b. 1855
Abel Mix PhelpsAmerican surgeon · b. 1851

Questions about Alburgh’s history

What year was Alburgh founded?

The Alburgh post office opened in 1817, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 Wikidata (2), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.