This article shows U.S. Census totals for Orange County, Vermont, broken down by municipality, from 1900 to 2000.
Like most areas of New England, Orange 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 to full town control; most of those that remain are very small.
The main tables below show municipalities at the town level. For any census, adding up the totals for each town-level municipality should yield the county total. The tables in the New England Historical U.S. Census Totals series differentiate between towns and cities; however, there have never been any cities in Orange County. 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.
There have been no changes in Orange County’s town-level municipality roster since 1900.
County Total: 19,313
Randolph 3,141
Newbury 2,125
Williamstown 1,610
Bradford 1,338
Thetford 1,249
Topsham 1,117
Chelsea 1,070
Strafford 1,000
Brookfield 996
Corinth 978
Tunbridge 885
Washington 820
Braintree 776
Vershire 641
Orange 598
West Fairlee 531
Fairlee 438
County Total: 18,703
Randolph 3,191
Newbury 2,035
Williamstown 1,726
Bradford 1,372
Thetford 1,182
Chelsea 1,074
Brookfield 1,008
Corinth 1,005
Topsham 918
Tunbridge 918
Strafford 776
Washington 762
Braintree 760
Orange 644
Vershire 448
West Fairlee 446
Fairlee 438
County Total: 17,279
Randolph 3,010
Newbury 1,908
Williamstown 1,526
Bradford 1,422
Thetford 1,089
Chelsea 1,087
Corinth 936
Tunbridge 907
Brookfield 860
Topsham 825
Braintree 707
Washington 660
Strafford 601
Orange 485
Fairlee 459
Vershire 410
West Fairlee 387
County Total: 16,694
Randolph 3,166
Newbury 1,744
Williamstown 1,608
Bradford 1,235
Thetford 1,052
Chelsea 1,004
Tunbridge 903
Corinth 817
Brookfield 761
Topsham 720
Washington 697
Braintree 635
Strafford 615
Orange 508
Fairlee 456
West Fairlee 405
Vershire 368
County Total: 17,048
Randolph 3,278
Newbury 1,723
Bradford 1,507
Williamstown 1,477
Thetford 1,043
Chelsea 1,013
Tunbridge 882
Corinth 822
Brookfield 808
Washington 730
Topsham 707
Braintree 648
Strafford 598
Fairlee 535
Orange 482
West Fairlee 428
Vershire 367
County Total: 17,027
Randolph 3,499
Newbury 1,667
Williamstown 1,600
Bradford 1,551
Thetford 1,046
Chelsea 1,025
Corinth 786
Tunbridge 774
Brookfield 762
Topsham 733
Strafford 680
Washington 650
Braintree 626
Fairlee 571
Orange 410
West Fairlee 363
Vershire 284
County Total: 16,014
Randolph 3,414
Bradford 1,619
Williamstown 1,553
Newbury 1,452
Thetford 1,049
Chelsea 957
Corinth 775
Tunbridge 743
Topsham 638
Brookfield 597
Strafford 548
Fairlee 569
Washington 565
Braintree 536
Orange 430
West Fairlee 333
Vershire 236
County Total: 17,676
Randolph 3,882
Williamstown 1,822
Bradford 1,627
Newbury 1,440
Thetford 1,422
Chelsea 983
Tunbridge 791
Braintree 751
Topsham 686
Corinth 683
Washington 667
Brookfield 606
Fairlee 604
Orange 540
Strafford 536
West Fairlee 337
Vershire 299
County Total: 22,739
Randolph 4,689
Williamstown 2,284
Bradford 2,191
Thetford 2,188
Newbury 1,699
Chelsea 1,091
Braintree 1,065
Brookfield 959
Tunbridge 925
Corinth 904
Washington 855
Topsham 767
Fairlee 770
Orange 752
Strafford 731
Vershire 442
West Fairlee 427
County Total: 26,149
Randolph 4,764
Williamstown 2,839
Bradford 2,522
Thetford 2,438
Newbury 1,985
Corinth 1,244
Braintree 1,174
Chelsea 1,166
Tunbridge 1,154
Brookfield 1,089
Topsham 944
Washington 937
Orange 915
Strafford 902
Fairlee 883
West Fairlee 633
Vershire 560
County Total: 28,226
Randolph 4,853
Williamstown 3,225
Bradford 2,619
Thetford 2,617
Newbury 1,965
Corinth 1,461
Tunbridge 1,309
Chelsea 1,240
Brookfield 1,222
Braintree 1,194
Topsham 1,142
Washington 1,047
Strafford 1,045
Fairlee 967
Orange 965
West Fairlee 726
Vershire 629
This section lists census totals for incorporated villages for 1930 through 2000.
As of 1930, Orange County contained four incorporated villages:
The village of Bradford, within the town of the same name
The village of Newbury (inc. 1905), within the town of the same name
The village of Randolph, within the town of the same name
The village of Wells River (inc. 1888), within the town of Newbury
The village of Randolph disincorporated in 1985, and the village of Bradford disincorporated in 2004.
Note: The population of the village of Newbury was not reported separately from the town of Newbury in the 1950 and 1960 Censuses; it is not clear why.
1930
Randolph 1,957
Bradford 598
Wells River 553
Newbury 399
1940
Randolph 1,988
Bradford 693
Wells River 527
Newbury 391
1950
Randolph 2,223
Bradford 725
Wells River 570
Newbury not reported
1960
Randolph 2,122
Bradford 760
Wells River 472
Newbury not reported
1970
Randolph 2,115
Bradford 709
Wells River 419
Newbury 344
1980
Randolph 2,217
Bradford 831
Newbury 425
Wells River 396
1990
Bradford 672
Wells River 424
Newbury 412
2000
Bradford 815
Newbury 406
Wells River 325