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History · Stannard

Stannard’s post office opened in 1871, and 27% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Stannard Schoolhouse and the Methodist-Episcopal Church. Below: maps from 1939 on and the census since 1850.

1871first post office
2on the National Register
27%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Stannard began

When was Stannard founded?

1871

The Stannard post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 215 in 18502020 census: 208155 years
Founding year: the first Stannard post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Stannard’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 Stannard are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1880 and 1970, then more than doubled.
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Start Stannard’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stannard’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

Stannard, census by census

01002001850190019502000252 in 1880Low: 88

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1880 and 1970, then more than doubled.

18 censuses, 1850–2020.

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

The story

How Stannard came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Stannard.

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Previously known as Goshen Gore No. 1, the town was incorporated as Stannard in honor of General George J. Stannard, a Union Army hero of the Civil War. Stannard and his 2nd Vermont Brigade broke Pickett's Charge and beat back troops from Florida and Alabama. He was commended by the Vermont legislature in 1865 for his "skill and bravery".

At the center of town are the old Methodist Church and the Stannard Schoolhouse, a former school that now serves as the town government building.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Stannard, 1818 to 1939

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1818Born hereAndrew M. Blair is born here
  3. 1850BuiltStannard Schoolhouse is built
  4. 1871Post officeThe Stannard post office opens
  5. 1880CensusPopulation peaks at 252
  6. 20th century
  7. 1912Post officeThe Stannard post office closes
  8. 1939On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Stannard, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Methodist Church2014Methodist ChurchStannard, Vermont2011Stannard, VermontChurch in2011Church inStannard vt highlight2004Stannard vt highlightView from2003View from
On the map

Stannard on the map, 1939 to 1986

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

Stannard on the 1939 USGS mapStannard on the 1951 USGS mapStannard on the 1986 USGS map1939Lyndonville 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 Stannard.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Stannard

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1977
Stannard Schoolhouse
Stannard Schoolhouse, built 1850Methodist-Episcopal Church
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Vernacular1
Greek Revival1
Victorian Vernacular1
Stannard SchoolhouseVernacular · Built 1850
Methodist-Episcopal ChurchVictorian Vernacular

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Stannard had its own post office from 1871 to 1912.

Stannard
1871–1912
18701950today
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Stannard
BatchelderStannard

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.

Walden1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWheelock1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreensboro Bend1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreensboro2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHardwick6 historic placesA+

Questions about Stannard’s history

What year was Stannard founded?

The Stannard post office opened in 1871, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Stannard?

Two places: the Stannard Schoolhouse (listed 1977) and the Methodist-Episcopal Church (1978).

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 (5), Wikidata (2), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.