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History · Greensboro Bend

Greensboro Bend’s post office opened in 1873, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register.

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1on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Greensboro Bend began

When was Greensboro Bend founded?

1873

The Greensboro Bend post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 237153 years
Founding year: the first Greensboro Bend post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Greensboro Bend’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 Greensboro Bend are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Greensboro Bend’s history is told.

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The story so far

Greensboro Bend, in brief

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

Greensboro Bend is a census-designated place in the town of Greensboro, Orleans County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, Greensboro Bend had a population of 237.

Its first post office opened in 1873. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 232 to 237 (+2%).

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

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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 Greensboro Bend

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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each building in a district counts

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Greensboro Bend

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

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Chris HedgesAmerican journalist · b. 1956
Thaddeus StevensAmerican statesman · b. 1792
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Bob SmithAmerican physician and surgeon · b. 1879
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Zerah ColburnAmerican mental calculator · b. 1804
George Brinton McClellan HarveyAmerican journalist and diplomat · b. 1864
Roger L. EastonAmerican scientist · b. 1921
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Stannard2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreensboro2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Greensboro Bend’s history

What year was Greensboro Bend founded?

The Greensboro Bend post office opened in 1873, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 →