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History · Landgrove

Landgrove dates to 1780

Most of Landgrove was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1893 on and the census since 1790.

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Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
Quick answers

How Landgrove began

When was Landgrove founded?

1780

Landgrove dates its founding to 1780 (Wikidata). It appears in the first U.S. census, 1790.

First census: 31 in 17902020 census: 177246 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1825.

What stands out about Landgrove’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 Landgrove are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1830 and 1960, then grew 3-fold.On the map since 18934 editions of the USGS map, 1893 to 1997. Watch Landgrove change.Deep rootsEstablished in 1780: 246 years of Landgrove.
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Start Landgrove’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Landgrove, census by census

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Lost two-thirds of its people between 1830 and 1960, then grew 3-fold.

24 censuses, 1790–2020.

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

On the map

Landgrove on the map, 1893 to 1997

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

Landgrove on the 1893 USGS mapLandgrove on the 1955 USGS mapLandgrove on the 1986 USGS mapLandgrove on the 1997 USGS map1893Wallingford 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 Landgrove.

The story so far

Landgrove, in brief

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

Landgrove is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 177 at the 2020 census.

Landgrove was established in 1780. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 158 to 177 (+12%).

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

Timeline

Landgrove, 1780 to 1907

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1780
    FoundingLandgrove is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1825Post officeThe Landgrove post office opens
  5. 1830CensusPopulation peaks at 355
  6. 1863Post officeThe North Landgrove post office opens
  7. 1865Post officeThe Landgrove post office closes
  8. 1870Post officeThe North Landgrove post office closes
  9. 1870Post officeThe Landgrove post office opens
  10. 1893On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  11. 20th century
  12. 1907Post officeThe Landgrove post office closes
By decade

Landgrove, decade by decade

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Landgrove had its own post office from 1825 to 1865. Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Landgrove
1825–1865
North Landgrove
1863–1870
Landgrove
1870–1907
18201920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Landgrove Town CenterNorth Landgrove
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Landgrove
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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.

PeruIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLondonderry2 historic placesA+Weston2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Landgrove’s history

What year was Landgrove founded?

In 1780, according to Wikidata. Landgrove’s post office opened in 1825, and the first U.S. census counted 31 people here in 1790.

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 (10), 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.