The story so far
Newbury, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Newbury yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 365 to 447 (+22%).
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History · Newbury
55% of Newbury’s homes were built before 1940
4 places in town are on the National Register. Below: maps from 1935 on and old-book passages.
4on the National Register
55%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Newbury’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Newbury’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.On the National Register
4 listings protect 124 historic buildings
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
124
each building in a district counts
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Newbury in 1902
Passages that mention Newbury, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Newbury, Vermont, from the discovery of the Coös country to present time. With genealogical records of many families1902 · page 318Read the page →
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A charter was obtained in 1849, for a railroad from Montpelier to the Connecticut river in Newbury, called the "Montpelier and Connecticut River Railroad Co." There was a plan to have the Boston, Concord and Montreal railroad cross the river at South Newbury, and pass up the valley of Hall's brook, to South Ryegate, but nothing was ever done under that charter. The present Montpelier and Wells River railroad was chartered in 1867 ; work was begun upon it in the summer of 1871, and it was completed to
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History of Newbury, Vermont, from the discovery of the Coös country to present time. With genealogical records of many families1902 · page 659Read the page →
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John Hancock, John Adams and Governor Wentworth being in the class below him. He declined a call to the church at New Ipswich, N. H., and was settled over the church at Newent, now Lisbon, Conn., 1756-64; came to Newbury, in May, 1764; received a call from the town, Jan. 27, 1765, which he accepted Feb. 10, following. Installed pastor of the "Church of Christ at Newbury and Haverhill," at Hollis, Feb. 27, 1765, and moved his family to Newbury the following April. For further account of his ministry in Newbury see, in this volume, "First
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
By decade
Newbury, decade by decade
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2004On the map
Newbury on the map, 1935 to 1941
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Newbury. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1935Woodsville sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Newbury.
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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 (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.