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History · Stratton

Stratton’s post office opened in 1834, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Stratton was built recently: 0.6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988. Below: maps from 1894 on and the census since 1790.

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0.6%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Stratton began

When was Stratton founded?

1834

The Stratton post office opened in 1834, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 95 in 17902020 census: 440192 years
Founding year: the first Stratton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Stratton’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 Stratton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1860 and 1960, then grew more than tenfold.On the map since 18944 editions of the USGS map, 1894 to 1997. Watch Stratton change.Deep rootsA post office since 1834: 192 years of Stratton.
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Start Stratton’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Stratton’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

Stratton, census by census

010020030040018001850190019502000366 in 1860Low: 38

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1860 and 1960, then grew more than tenfold.

24 censuses, 1790–2020.

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

On the map

Stratton on the map, 1894 to 1997

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

Stratton on the 1894 USGS mapStratton on the 1957 USGS mapStratton on the 1986 USGS mapStratton on the 1997 USGS map1894Londonderry 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 Stratton.

The story

How Stratton came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Stratton.

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Daniel Webster spoke to 10,000 Whigs on Stratton Mountain in 1840. Stratton was one of thirteen Vermont towns isolated by flooding caused by Hurricane Irene in 2011.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Stratton, 1834 to 2020

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1834Post officeThe Stratton post office opens
  3. 1894On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1910Post officeThe Stratton post office closes
  6. 1934BuiltStratton Mountain Lookout Tower is built
  7. 21st century
  8. 2020CensusPopulation peaks at 440
By decade

Stratton, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Stratton2011StrattonPumpkins - panoramio (1)2011Pumpkins - panoramio (1)Untitled photo2011Untitled photoStratton - panoramio (6)2009Stratton - panoramio (6)Stratton Pond2007Stratton PondStratton vt highlight2004Stratton vt highlight
On the National Register

1 historic place in Stratton

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1992
Stratton Mountain Lookout Tower
Stratton Mountain Lookout Tower, built 1934
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Fire Lookout Tower1
Forestry Camp1
Stratton Mountain Lookout TowerFire Lookout Tower · Built 1934

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

Stratton had its own post office from 1834 to 1910.

Stratton
1834–1910
18301930today
6cemeteries and burying grounds inside Stratton
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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.

WardsboroIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWinhallIts storyC+SunderlandIts storyBJamaicaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDover4 historic placesB+

Questions about Stratton’s history

What year was Stratton founded?

The Stratton post office opened in 1834, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Stratton?

One place: the Stratton Mountain Lookout Tower (listed 1992).

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 (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.