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History · Brunswick

Brunswick’s post office opened in 1825, and 23% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Bloomfield-Nulhegan River Route 102 Bridge. Below: maps from 1920 on and the census since 1790.

1825first post office
1on the National Register
23%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Brunswick began

When was Brunswick founded?

1825

The Brunswick post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Brunswick Springs (1892), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 66 in 17902020 census: 88201 years
Founding year: the first Brunswick post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Brunswick’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 Brunswick are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 221 in 1870; 88 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19204 editions of the USGS map, 1920 to 1988. Watch Brunswick change.Deep rootsA post office since 1825: 201 years of Brunswick.
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Start Brunswick’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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People over time

Brunswick, census by census

010020018001850190019502000Peak: 221

Peaked at 221 in 1870; 88 people lived here in 2020.

24 censuses, 1790–2020.

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

On the map

Brunswick on the map, 1920 to 1988

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

Brunswick on the 1920 USGS mapBrunswick on the 1933 USGS mapBrunswick on the 1956 USGS mapBrunswick on the 1988 USGS map1920Guildhall 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 Brunswick.

The story so far

Brunswick, in brief

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

Brunswick is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The town was named after Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick-Lunenburg. The population was 88 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Berlin, NH-VT Micropolitan Statistical Area. Brunswick is home to six mineral springs that made the town a popular resort destination in the 19th century. The land the springs are on is now owned by the Abenaki people.

Its first post office opened in 1825. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 112 to 88 (-21%).

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

Timeline

Brunswick, 1825 to 1920

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1825Post officeThe Brunswick post office opens
  3. 1870CensusPopulation peaks at 221
  4. 1892Post officeThe Brunswick Springs post office opens
  5. 1893Post officeThe Brunswick post office closes
  6. 1894Post officeThe Brunswick Springs post office closes
  7. 20th century
  8. 1920On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Brunswick, decade by decade

Today13 recent
Male spruce grouse at Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge2010Male spruce grouse at Conte National Fish and Wildlif…Lewis Pond Overlook Panorama2010Lewis Pond Overlook PanoramaUSFWS Biologist2009USFWS BiologistPicoides arcticus -Brunswick, Vermont, USA -male-82009Picoides arcticus -Brunswick, Vermont, USA -male-8Nulhegan Wildlife Festival2009Nulhegan Wildlife FestivalNulhegan Wildlife Festival2009Nulhegan Wildlife FestivalNulhegan Basin Division, Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge. Credit- USFWS2009Nulhegan Basin Division, Silvio O. Conte National Wil…Nulhegan Basin Division, Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge. Credit- Ryan Hagerty-USFWS2009Nulhegan Basin Division, Silvio O. Conte National Wil…Nulhegan Basin Division, Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge. Credit- Ryan Hagerty-USFWS2009Nulhegan Basin Division, Silvio O. Conte National Wil…Nulhegan Basin Division, Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge. Credit- Ryan Hagerty-USFWS2009Nulhegan Basin Division, Silvio O. Conte National Wil…Meadow view: from Mineral Springs Hotel, Brunswick, VTc. 2006Meadow view: from Mineral Springs Hotel, Brunswick, VTMeadow view: from Mineral Springs Hotel, Brunswick, VTc. 2006Meadow view: from Mineral Springs Hotel, Brunswick, VTBrunswick vt highlight2004Brunswick vt highlight
On the National Register

1 historic place in Brunswick

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1991
Bloomfield-Nulhegan River Route 102 Bridge
Bloomfield-Nulhegan River Route 102 Bridge
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Pratt through truss1
Bloomfield-Nulhegan River Route 102 BridgePratt through 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 Brunswick

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

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Rudy ValléeAmerican singer, actor, and entertainer · b. 1901
William StokoeScholar of American Sign Language · b. 1919
John W. WeeksAmerican politician · b. 1860
Porter H. DaleAmerican politician · b. 1867
Irving W. DrewAmerican politician · b. 1845
Charles W. WillardAmerican politician · b. 1827
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Brunswick had its own post office from 1825 to 1893. Another post office, Brunswick Springs, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Brunswick
1825–1893
Brunswick Springs
1892–1894
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Brunswick Springs
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Brunswick
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Maidstone1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBloomfieldIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Brunswick’s history

What year was Brunswick founded?

The Brunswick post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Brunswick?

One place: the Bloomfield-Nulhegan River Route 102 Bridge (listed 1991).

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 (13), the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.