Founding year: the first West Windsor post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives West Windsor’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, West Windsor is more historic than 64% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of West Windsor’s overall grade.
Vermont towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Vermont town has 147 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so West Windsor’s 17.1 sits below most of its state (32% of Vermont towns have fewer) while its 2 listings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B− to B+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.8 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about West Windsor’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of West Windsor yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
West Windsor is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,344 at the 2020 census. It was known for its Ascutney Mountain Resort, which closed in 2010 and was bought by its citizens in 2015.
Its first post office opened in 1828. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,099 to 1,344 (+22%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about West Windsor in 1891
Passages that mention West Windsor, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Windsor County, Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers1891 · page 375Read the page →
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The early history of the town of West Windsor, and in fact its whole history prior to tlie year 1848, with brief e.Kceptional periods, is the history of the town that originally comprised the whole territory ; it is the history of the town of Windsor, from which the events of its early existence cannot well be separated. Therefore, being deemed inadvisable to separate them, the reader will refer to the chapter devoted to the history of the town of Windsor for the pioneer and early events of this town, excepting, of course, that branch of West Windsor's history that belongs
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" Section 4. All property now owned and possessed by the town of Windsor, shall be owned and enjoyed by the said towns of Windsor and West Windsor, in proportion to the grand lists of the persons residing within the territorial limits of said towns of Windsor and West Windsor, respectively, for the year 1848; and the debts now due from the town of Windsor shall be paid by the said towns of Windsor and West Windsor, hereby incorporated, in the same proportion.
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History of Windsor county, Vermont1891 · page 373Read the page →
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THE town of West Windsor is the youngest of the civil divisions of Windsor county ; likewise it is one of the smallest towns of the county. An act of the Legislature of Vermont, passed and adopted October 26, 1848, divided the old and historic town of Windsor, by a north and south line, thus creating a new town which was called West Windsor. But prior to this act the town had been divided, first, during the preceding century, and again in the early part of the present century, concerning which division mention will be made later on.
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History of Windsor County, Vermont, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers1891 · page 373Read the page →
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TI-IE town of West Windsor is the youngest of the civil divisions of Windsor county ; likewise it is one of the smallest towns of the county. An act of the Legislature of Vermont, passed and adopted October 26, 1848, divided the old and historic town of Windsor, by a north and south line, thus creating a new town which was called West Windsor. But prior to this act the town had been divided, first, during the preceding century, and again in the early part of the present century, concerning which division mention will be made later on.
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
The West Windsor post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does West Windsor rank for history?
West Windsor is more historic than 64% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in West Windsor?
Two places: the Best's Covered Bridge (listed 1973) and the Bowers Covered Bridge (1973).
How old are the homes in West Windsor?
13% of West Windsor’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.8 points), against a typical 22% for a Vermont town; the median home was built in 1980.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (3), Wikidata (2), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System 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.
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