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History · Elmore

Elmore’s post office opened in 1828, and 19% of its homes were built before 1940

2 places in town are on the National Register, among them two historic districts with 11 buildings between them. Below: maps from 1930 on and the census since 1790.

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How Elmore began

When was Elmore founded?

1828

The Elmore post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 12 in 17902020 census: 886198 years
Founding year: the first Elmore post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Elmore’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 Elmore are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1880 and 1960, then grew 3-fold.Deep rootsA post office since 1828: 198 years of Elmore.
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Start Elmore’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Elmore’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

Elmore, census by census

020040060080018001850190019502000682 in 1880Low: 237

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1880 and 1960, then grew 3-fold.

24 censuses, 1790–2020.

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

Timeline

Elmore, 1828 to 2020

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1828Post officeThe Elmore post office opens
  3. 1833Born hereGeorge W. Bailey Jr. is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1930On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1944Post officeThe Elmore post office closes
  7. 1944Post officeThe Lake Elmore post office opens
  8. 21st century
  9. 2020CensusPopulation peaks at 886
The story so far

Elmore, in brief

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

Elmore is a town in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. It was granted by the Vermont Republic in 1780, and was named for Colonel Samuel Elmore (1720–1805), one of the original grantees. The population was 886 at the 2020 census. Elmore contains the villages of East Elmore and Lake Elmore, as well as Elmore State Park, a 700-acre (2.8 km2) recreational area on the 219-acre (0.9 km2) Lake Elmore and on Elmore Mountain to the west.

Its first post office opened in 1828. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 855 to 886 (+4%).

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

By decade

Elmore, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Columbus Day, VT2015Columbus Day, VTElmore vt highlight2004Elmore vt highlight
On the map

Elmore on the map, 1930 to 1999

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

Elmore on the 1930 USGS mapElmore on the 1943 USGS mapElmore on the 1953 USGS mapElmore on the 1986 USGS mapElmore on the 1999 USGS map1930Hyde 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 Elmore.

On the National Register

2 listings protect 11 historic buildings

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
11
each building in a district counts
first listed
2002
Elmore State Park
Elmore State ParkLake Elmore Historic District
Districts

Architectural styles listings

CCC State Park1
All 2 listings
Elmore State ParkDistrict · listed 2002Lake Elmore Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2023

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Elmore had its own post office from 1828 to 1944.

Elmore
1828–1944
Lake Elmore
1944–today
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Lake Elmore
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Elmore
Elmore MountainLake Elmore

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.

Woodbury1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWolcott1 historic placeBMorristown4 historic placesAWorcester2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHardwick6 historic placesA+Calais5 historic placesA+

Questions about Elmore’s history

What year was Elmore founded?

The Elmore post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Elmore?

Two places: the Elmore State Park (listed 2002) and the Lake Elmore Historic District (2023).

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 Wikimedia Commons (2), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.