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History · Lemington

Lemington’s post office opened in 1829, and 31% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1929 on and the census since 1790.

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Quick answers

How Lemington began

When was Lemington founded?

1829

The Lemington post office opened in 1829, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 31 in 17902020 census: 87197 years
Founding year: the first Lemington post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Lemington’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 Lemington are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 227 in 1890; 87 people lived here in 2020.Deep rootsA post office since 1829: 197 years of Lemington.
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Start Lemington’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lemington’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

Lemington, census by census

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Peaked at 227 in 1890; 87 people lived here in 2020.

24 censuses, 1790–2020.

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

Timeline

Lemington, 1829 to 1929

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1829Post officeThe Lemington post office opens
  3. 1890CensusPopulation peaks at 227
  4. 1894Post officeThe Lemington post office closes
  5. 20th century
  6. 1929On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
The story so far

Lemington, in brief

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

Lemington is a town in Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 87 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Berlin, NH –VT Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Its first post office opened in 1829. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 104 to 87 (-16%).

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

By decade

Lemington, decade by decade

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On the map

Lemington on the map, 1929 to 1989

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

Lemington on the 1929 USGS mapLemington on the 1953 USGS mapLemington on the 1989 USGS map1929Averill 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 Lemington.

Places that used to be

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

Lemington had its own post office from 1829 to 1894.

Lemington
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Hamlets and corners on the map
LenningtonSimms Hill
Gone or out of use
Camp Number FivelocaleCamp Number FourlocaleCamp Number Threelocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Lemington
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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.

Canaan3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBloomfieldIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lemington’s history

What year was Lemington founded?

The Lemington post office opened in 1829, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), 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.