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History · Killington Village

Half of Killington Village’s homes were built after 1983

Most of Killington Village was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: maps from 1891 on and the census since 1790.

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What stands out about Killington Village’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 Killington Village are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost half of its people between 1850 and 1940, then grew 5-fold.On the map since 18914 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1997. Watch Killington Village change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Killington Village’s history is told.

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People over time

Killington Village, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001,40018001850190019502000578 in 1850Low: 266

Lost half of its people between 1850 and 1940, then grew 5-fold.

24 censuses, 1790–2020.

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

On the map

Killington Village on the map, 1891 to 1997

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

Killington Village on the 1891 USGS mapKillington Village on the 1961 USGS mapKillington Village on the 1980 USGS mapKillington Village on the 1997 USGS map1891Rutland 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 Killington Village.

The story

How Killington Village came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Killington Village.

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The town of Killington was chartered on July 7, 1761, by a New Hampshire grant. In 1800, it was renamed Sherburne after landholder Colonel Benjamin Sherburne. The town voted to revert to its original name of Killington on March 2, 1999; which was approved by the Vermont General Assembly and became effective July 1, 1999.

The 2007 town meeting considered a proposal to impose a three-cent surcharge on every dollar of property tax revenue. The proceeds would have been used to fund a town economic development group. The surcharge was not approved by the voters.

Killington was one of thirteen Vermont towns isolated by flooding caused by Hurricane Irene on August 28, 2011. Killington was cut off for 19 days.

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By decade

Killington Village, decade by decade

Today5 recent
RWin the sun @Kill2011RWin the sun @KillNoyes Killington Chalet2011Noyes Killington ChaletSpring has arrived^ May 17, 082008Spring has arrived^ May 17, 08Jon Rogers - Blue Oyster Cult2007Jon Rogers - Blue Oyster CultKillington vt highlight2004Killington vt highlight

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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 (5), Wikidata (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.