Historical U.S. Census totals for Addison County, Vermont

This article shows U.S. Census totals for Addison County, Vermont, broken down by municipality, from 1900 to 2000.

Like most areas of New England, Addison County is (and has been at all times since well before the 20th century) entirely divided into incorporated municipalities. There is no unincorporated territory.

There are three types of incorporated municipalities in Vermont: towns, cities and villages. As in the other New England states, towns are the basic unit of municipal government. Cities are independent of and equivalent to towns, but differ in their form of government. Villages overlay towns and assume responsibility for some municipal services within their boundaries. Incorporated villages are not found in any of the other New England states, and are less common in Vermont today than they have been in the past. A number of villages have disincorporated over the years, choosing to revert back to full town control; most of those that remain are very small.

The main tables below show municipalities at the town level, differentiating between towns and cities. For any census, adding up the totals for each town-level municipality should yield the county total. A separate section follows with population totals for villages from 1930 to 2000.

For more information on the New England municipal system, see New England town.

Corporate changes since 1900

There have been no changes in Addison County’s town-level municipality roster since 1900.

1900

County Total: 21,912

*Middlebury 3,045
*Bristol 2,061
*Vergennes (city) 1,753
*Ferrisburg 1,619
*Shoreham 1,193
*Lincoln 1,152
*Orwell 1,150
*New Haven 1,107
*Bridport 956
*Monkton 912
*Starksboro 902
*Addison 851
*Cornwall 850
*Salisbury 692
*Granville 544
*Ripton 525
*Weybridge 518
*Leicester 509
*Panton 409
*Whiting 361
*Goshen 286
*Waltham 264
*Hancock 253

1910

County Total: 20,010

*Middlebury 2,848
*Bristol 2,005
*Vergennes (city) 1,483
*Ferrisburg 1,433
*New Haven 1,161
*Shoreham 1,098
*Orwell 1,065
*Lincoln 980
*Bridport 848
*Starksboro 835
*Addison 796
*Cornwall 789
*Monkton 724
*Salisbury 693
*Weybridge 494
*Leicester 479
*Granville 464
*Ripton 421
*Whiting 348
*Panton 345
*Hancock 287
*Goshen 212
*Waltham 202

1920

County Total: 18,666

*Middlebury 2,914
*Bristol 1,952
*Vergennes (city) 1,609
*Ferrisburg 1,338
*New Haven 1,001
*Orwell 942
*Shoreham 925
*Lincoln 841
*Starksboro 806
*Cornwall 782
*Bridport 745
*Addison 743
*Monkton 671
*Salisbury 635
*Weybridge 438
*Leicester 436
*Granville 393
*Panton 321
*Whiting 302
*Hancock 300
*Ripton 237
*Waltham 204
*Goshen 131

1930

County Total: 17,952

*Middlebury 2,968
*Bristol 1,832
*Vergennes (city) 1,705
*Ferrisburg 1,285
*New Haven 964
*Shoreham 948
*Orwell 835
*Lincoln 800
*Bridport 703
*Starksboro 687
*Addison 684
*Monkton 683
*Cornwall 640
*Salisbury 632
*Leicester 468
*Weybridge 418
*Whiting 358
*Panton 306
*Hancock 303
*Granville 280
*Ripton 194
*Waltham 175
*Goshen 84

1940

County Total: 17,944

*Middlebury 3,175
*Bristol 1,939
*Vergennes (city) 1,662
*Ferrisburg 1,347
*New Haven 881
*Orwell 876
*Shoreham 865
*Lincoln 745
*Starksboro 744
*Cornwall 670
*Bridport 665
*Salisbury 581
*Addison 576
*Monkton 575
*Leicester 518
*Weybridge 385
*Hancock 371
*Panton 312
*Whiting 312
*Granville 247
*Ripton 231
*Waltham 184
*Goshen 83

1950

County Total: 19,442

*Middlebury 4,778
*Bristol 1,988
*Vergennes (city) 1,736
*Ferrisburg 1,387
*New Haven 932
*Orwell 902
*Shoreham 829
*Cornwall 728
*Bridport 663
*Addison 628
*Lincoln 577
*Starksboro 576
*Salisbury 573
*Monkton 520
*Leicester 511
*Weybridge 402
*Hancock 391
*Panton 332
*Whiting 282
*Granville 213
*Ripton 207
*Waltham 193
*Goshen 94

1960

County Total: 20,076

*Middlebury 5,305
*Bristol 2,159
*Vergennes (city) 1,921
*Ferrisburg 1,426
*New Haven 922
*Orwell 826
*Shoreham 786
*Cornwall 756
*Bridport 653
*Addison 645
*Salisbury 575
*Leicester 551
*Monkton 551
*Starksboro 502
*Lincoln 481
*Weybridge 430
*Panton 352
*Hancock 323
*Whiting 304
*Granville 215
*Waltham 186
*Ripton 131
*Goshen 76

1970

County Total: 24,266

*Middlebury 6,532
*Bristol 2,744
*Vergennes (city) 2,242
*Ferrisburg 1,875
*New Haven 1,039
*Cornwall 900
*Orwell 851
*Bridport 809
*Shoreham 790
*Monkton 765
*Addison 717
*Starksboro 668
*Salisbury 649
*Weybridge 618
*Lincoln 599
*Leicester 583
*Panton 416
*Whiting 359
*Hancock 283
*Waltham 265
*Granville 255
*Ripton 187
*Goshen 120

1980

County Total: 29,406

*Middlebury 7,574
*Bristol 3,293
*Vergennes (city) 2,273
*Ferrisburg 2,117
*Starksboro 1,336
*New Haven 1,217
*Monkton 1,201
*Bridport 997
*Cornwall 993
*Shoreham 972
*Orwell 901
*Addison 889
*Salisbury 881
*Lincoln 870
*Leicester 803
*Weybridge 667
*Panton 537
*Waltham 394
*Whiting 379
*Hancock 334
*Ripton 327
*Granville 288
*Goshen 163

1990

County Total: 32,953

*Middlebury 8,034
*Bristol 3,762
*Vergennes (city) 2,578
*Ferrisburg 2,317
*Starksboro 1,511
*Monkton 1,482
*New Haven 1,375
*Bridport 1,137
*Shoreham 1,115
*Orwell 1,114
*Cornwall 1,101
*Salisbury 1,024
*Addison 1,023
*Lincoln 974
*Leicester 871
*Weybridge 749
*Panton 606
*Waltham 454
*Ripton 444
*Whiting 407
*Hancock 340
*Granville 309
*Goshen 226

2000

County Total: 35,974

*Middlebury 8,183
*Bristol 3,788
*Vergennes (city) 2,741
*Ferrisburg 2,657
*Starksboro 1,898
*Monkton 1,759
*New Haven 1,666
*Addison 1,393
*Bridport 1,235
*Shoreham 1,222
*Lincoln 1,214
*Orwell 1,185
*Cornwall 1,136
*Salisbury 1,090
*Leicester 974
*Weybridge 824
*Panton 682
*Ripton 556
*Waltham 479
*Hancock 382
*Whiting 380
*Granville 303
*Goshen 227

Villages

This section lists census totals for incorporated villages for 1930 through 2000.

As of 1930, Addison County contained two incorporated villages:

*The village of Bristol, within the town of the same name

*The village of Middlebury, within the town of the same name

The village of Middlebury disincorporated in 1966, and the village of Bristol disincorporated in 1994.

1930

*Middlebury 2,003
*Bristol 1,190

1940

*Middlebury 2,123
*Bristol 1,236

1950

*Middlebury 3,614
*Bristol 1,308

1960

*Middlebury 3,688
*Bristol 1,421

1970

*Bristol 1,737

1980

*Bristol 1,793

1990

*Bristol 1,801

2000

There were no incorporated villages in Addison County at the time of the 2000 Census.

ee also

*United States Census
*Addison County, Vermont