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Whiting dates its founding to 1763 (Wikidata). Its post office opened in 1811.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Whiting’s history is told.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Born herePhiletus Sawyer is born hereWikipedia doesn’t have a history of Whiting yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Whiting is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The town was named for John Whiting, a landholder. The population was 405 at the 2020 census.
Whiting was established in 1763. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 419 to 405 (-3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Whiting, cut from the printed page as they were published.
had forfeited his right to his title by not furnishing the stipulated number of settlers. At this point the following petition from settlers under the Wilson title was presented to the moderator : " Whereas, a number of pretenders in the name of proprietors of Whiting have presumed to warn a proprietors' meeting of the town of Whiting to be holden at Jonathan Fassett's, Esqr., in Pittsford, on the last Tuesday of this inst. May, in order to chequer out said town of Whiting for a draft of the first division lotts, contrary to the minds of the first proprietors and settlers under
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was probably granted. Orin Field, an early resident of Cornwall near the Whiting border, is quoted in Mathew's History of Cornwall as substantially saying : " The proprietors of Whiting claimed about two miles of the south part of Cornwall, i. e., as far as the north line of Daniel Scovel's farm, extended eastward and westward to the limits of the town ; while Cornwall claimed about I the same breadth of territory in the north part of Whiting, and both interpreted their charters as substantiating their demands. After the litigation I
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Whiting’s post office has been open since 1811. Another post office, Whiting Station, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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In 1763, according to Wikidata. Whiting’s post office opened in 1811.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 →
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