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History · Belvidere

Belvidere’s post office opened in 1839, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Belvidere was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Its Register listings are the Mill Covered Bridge and the Morgan Covered Bridge. Below: maps from 1943 on and the census since 1810.

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How Belvidere began

When was Belvidere founded?

1839

The Belvidere post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Belvidere Corners (1866) and Belvidere Center (1887), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 217 in 18102020 census: 358187 years
Founding year: the first Belvidere post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Belvidere’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 Belvidere are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1890 and 1960, then more than doubled.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Belvidere, and 2 old place names are still on the map.Deep rootsA post office since 1839: 187 years of Belvidere.
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Start Belvidere’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Belvidere, census by census

01002003004005006001850190019502000571 in 1890Low: 155

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1890 and 1960, then more than doubled.

22 censuses, 1810–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Belvidere had its own post office from 1839 to 1908. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Belvidere
1839–1908
Belvidere Corners
1866–1932
Belvidere Center
1887–1987
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Belvidere CenterBelvidere Junction
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Belvidere
Belvidere CenterBurroughsCenterChamberlain

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Belvidere, in brief

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

Belvidere is a town in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. The population was 358 at the 2020 census. Belvidere contains the hamlets of Belvidere Center, Belvidere Corners and Belvidere Junction. In 1963, part of Averys Gore in Franklin County became part of Belvidere, while the other part became part of Montgomery.

Its first post office opened in 1839. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 348 to 358 (+3%).

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

Timeline

Belvidere, 1839 to 1987

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1839Post officeThe Belvidere post office opens
  3. 1866Post officeThe Belvidere Corners post office opens
  4. 1887Post officeThe Belvidere Center post office opens
  5. 1890CensusPopulation peaks at 571
  6. 20th century
  7. 1908Post officeThe Belvidere post office closes
  8. 1932Post officeThe Belvidere Corners post office closes
  9. 1943On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  10. 1987Post officeThe Belvidere Center post office closes
By decade

Belvidere, decade by decade

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On the map

Belvidere on the map, 1943 to 1986

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

Belvidere on the 1943 USGS mapBelvidere on the 1953 USGS mapBelvidere on the 1986 USGS map1943Hyde Park 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 Belvidere.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Belvidere

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1974
Mill Covered Bridge
Mill Covered BridgeMorgan Covered Bridge
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Queenpost truss2
Mill Covered BridgeQueenpost truss
Morgan Covered BridgeQueenpost truss

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Belvidere

Nobody well known was born in Belvidere itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Chester A. ArthurPresident of the United States from 1881 to 1885 · b. 1829
L. M. ShawAmerican politician · b. 1848
E. Mason HopperFilm director · b. 1885
Harmon Northrop MorseAmerican chemist · b. 1848
Agnes Salm-SalmAmerican wife of Prussian prince and soldier of… · b. 1844
Carroll S. PageAmerican politician · b. 1843
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Montgomery9 historic placesA−EdenIts storyB−Waterville4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBakersfield2 historic placesA−

Questions about Belvidere’s history

What year was Belvidere founded?

The Belvidere post office opened in 1839, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Belvidere?

Two places: the Mill Covered Bridge (listed 1974) and the Morgan Covered Bridge (1974).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 (1), Wikidata (2), the National Register of Historic Places (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.