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History · Lyndonville

Lyndonville’s post office opened in 1868, and 46% of its homes were built before 1940

3 places in town are on the National Register. Below: 3 old photos and papers from 1884 on.

1868first post office
3on the National Register
46%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
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From Lyndonville’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Lyndonville began

When was Lyndonville founded?

1868

The Lyndonville post office opened in 1868, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 1,136158 years
Founding year: the first Lyndonville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Lyndonville’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Lyndonville’s homes were built before 1944.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lyndonville’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.
Retake an old view1884 view of Lyndonville, Vermont, by A…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Lyndonville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Lyndonville.

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In 1883, trustees purchased a hand fire engine from Franklin, New Hampshire, to start a fire fighting company. The fire department volunteers named themselves the "Tiger Fire Company No. 1" and appear in parade uniform for photos starting in 1889.

In 1931, a Boston paper reported that the town had become a haven for "Rum Running Gangsters!"

In 2023, Governor Phil Scott signed a bill into law to disincorporate the village and integrate it and its government with the town of Lyndon.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Lyndonville, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1880s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1880s3 items
1884 view of Lyndonville, Vermont, by A.F. Poole and George E. Norris, Geo. H. Walker & Co, from the Digital Commonweal…18841884 view of Lyndonville, Vermont, by A.F. Poole and …Lyndonville, Caledonia County, Vermont, 18841884Lyndonville, Caledonia County, Vermont, 1884Lyndonville, Caledonia County, Vermont, 18841884Lyndonville, Caledonia County, Vermont, 1884
1890s–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.
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Today3 recent
2010 Census Urban Cluster Reference Map for20102010 Census Urban Cluster Reference Map forBookLyndon02432009Lyndon0243Lyndonville, Caledonia County, Vermont2008Lyndonville, Caledonia County, Vermont
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.

1884 view of Lyndonville, Vermont, by A.F. Poole and George E. Norris, Geo. H. Walker & Co, from the Digital Commonweal…
Retake this view1884 view of Lyndonville, Vermont, by A.F. Poole and George E. Norris, Geo. H. Walker & Co, from the Digital Commonweal…, 1884

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

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On the National Register

3 historic places in Lyndonville

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

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Lyndon Center2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Lyndonville’s history

What year was Lyndonville founded?

The Lyndonville post office opened in 1868, 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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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 (6) and Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.