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History · Enosburgh

41% of Enosburgh’s homes were built before 1940

More historic than 90% of U.S. towns · #40 of 71 in Vermont. What drives it

10 places in town are on the National Register. Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1950 on, and the census since 1800.

10on the National Register
41%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
3famous people
Add an old photoShare a memory
From Enosburgh’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

About Enosburgh’s history

How historic is Enosburgh?

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More historic than 90% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
History grade

What drives Enosburgh’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Enosburgh is more historic than 90% of U.S. towns, #40 of 71 in Vermont. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Enosburgh’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 194040.8% of homes (±8.0) · typical VT town 22.4% · U.S. 8.4%ANational Register10 listings, 35.7 per 10,000 residents · typical VT town 147 · U.S. 2.4B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 90%
NewerOlder
Vermont towns of 2,500+ (71)Ahead of 44%

Vermont towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Vermont town has 147 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Enosburgh’s 35.7 sits near the middle of its state (44% of Vermont towns have fewer) while its 10 listings outnumber those of 76% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±8.0 points).

Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Enosburgh’s past

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

Lost villages5 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Enosburgh, and 8 old place names are still on the map.A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Landmarks on the Register10 places on the National Register.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Five other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Enosburg
1804–1906
Enosburgh Falls
1839–today
West Enosburg
1840–1908
North Enosburgh
1860–1901
Bordoville
1868–1888
East Enosburg
1887–1913
18001910today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BordovilleEast EnosburgEnosburg CenterEnosburg FallsGilberts TanneryNorth EnosburgSamsonvilleWest Enosburg
Gone or out of use
Enosburg Airfieldairport
8cemeteries and burying grounds inside Enosburgh
Bordoville AdventEnosburg CenterMain StreetNew CatholicOld CatholicStevens FerryWest EnosburgWest Enosburg

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

Help out

Start Enosburgh’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewEnosburg Library ca1899 Vermont 2: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the National Register

10 historic places in Enosburgh

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

places listed
10
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
10
each building in a district counts
first listed
1974
Hopkins Covered Bridge
Hopkins Covered BridgeEnosburg Opera HouseKendall, Dr. B. J., Company, built 1880Enosburg Congregational Memorial ChurchBillado BlockBridge 12Quincy HotelMoses P. Perley House, built 1903Ovitt Grist MillPerley Block
BuildingsStructures

Architectural styles listings

Italianate2
Second Empire1
Parker through truss1
Hopkins Covered BridgeStructure
Enosburg Opera HouseBuilding
Kendall, Dr. B. J., CompanySecond Empire · Built 1880
Enosburg Congregational Memorial ChurchItalianate
Billado BlockItalianate
Bridge 12Parker through truss
All 10 listings
Quincy HotelBuilding · listed 2019Moses P. Perley HouseBuilding · listed 2020Ovitt Grist MillBuilding · listed 2021Perley BlockBuilding · listed 2021

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

The story so far

Enosburgh, in brief

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

Enosburgh is a town in Franklin County, Vermont, in the United States. The population was 2,810 at the 2020 census. Enosburgh includes the village of Enosburg Falls and the settlements of Bordoville, East Enosburgh, North Enosburgh, Sampsonville, West Enosburgh, and Enosburgh Center. Enosburgh was named for Roger Enos, who had been a commander of all the Vermont Forces in the American Revolution. He was also the father-in-law of Ira Allen, founder of Vermont. The spelling of Enosburgh differs from the spelling of Enosburg Falls. The town is a commercial center for the eastern half of Franklin County. It has several stores, restaurants, gas stations, and pharmacies.

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

Timeline

Enosburgh, 1804 to 1950

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1804Post officeThe Enosburg post office opens
  3. 1826Born hereSusan Tolman Mills is born here
  4. 1839Post officeThe Enosburgh Falls post office opens
  5. 1840Post officeThe West Enosburg post office opens
  6. 1845Born hereSamuel Harrison Greene is born here
  7. 1880BuiltKendall, Dr. B. J., Company is built
  8. 1885Born hereE. Mason Hopper is born here
  9. 20th century
  10. 1900In the archiveEnosburg Library ca1899 Vermont 2
  11. 1903BuiltMoses P. Perley House is built
  12. 1906Post officeThe Enosburg post office closes
  13. 1908Post officeThe West Enosburg post office closes
  14. 1950On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Enosburgh, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s2 items
Enosburg Library ca1899 Vermont 21900Enosburg Library ca1899 Vermont 2Enosburg Library ca1899 Vermont1900Enosburg Library ca1899 Vermont
1910s–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.
Add from your album
Today3 recent
BJKendallCo2008BJKendallCoPerspective view, southeast. - "Church" Barn, Hogback Road, Enosburg Center, Franklin County, VT2006Perspective view, southeast. - "Church" Barn, Hogback…Enosburg vt highlight2004Enosburg vt highlight
On the map

Enosburgh on the map, 1950 to 1989

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

Enosburgh on the 1950 USGS mapEnosburgh on the 1962 USGS mapEnosburgh on the 1972 USGS mapEnosburgh on the 1989 USGS map1950Lake Champlain sheet · 1:250,000

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

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Enosburg Library ca1899 Vermont 2
Retake this viewEnosburg Library ca1899 Vermont 2, 1900

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Enosburgh’s page.

Retake this view · +15
People over time

Enosburgh, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000180018501900195020002,810

Grew from 143 people in 1800 to 2,810 in 2020, more than tenfold.

23 censuses, 1800–2020.

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

Famous people

3 famous people were born in Enosburgh

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

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E. Mason HopperFilm director · b. 1885
Samuel Harrison GreeneAmerican academic administrator and minister · b. 1845
Susan Tolman MillsAmerican missionary, educator (1825/26 - 1912) · b. 1826
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Berkshire2 historic placesA−Bakersfield2 historic placesA−Montgomery9 historic placesA−Sheldon3 historic placesA−Enosburg Falls6 historic placesA−Richford9 historic placesAFairfield1 historic placeB+

Questions about Enosburgh’s history

How does Enosburgh rank for history?

Enosburgh is more historic than 90% of U.S. towns, #40 of 71 in Vermont. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Enosburgh?

10 listings: 8 buildings and 2 structures.

How old are the homes in Enosburgh?

41% of Enosburgh’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±8.0 points), against a typical 22% for a Vermont town; the median home was built in 1972.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (10), 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.