This article shows U.S. Census totals for Orleans County, Vermont, broken down by municipality, from 1900 to 2000. The county population reached a 20th-century low in 1960, 20,143, and has increased its population ever since.
Like most areas of New England, Orleans 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.
It is possible for a village to become a city, in which case it becomes a completely separate municipality from its original parent town. Many of Vermont’s current cities are former villages (unlike the other New England states where cities are almost invariably former towns). If a village bearing the same name as its parent town becomes a city, the result is an adjacent town and city that have the same name but are completely separate municipalities. There is one such example in Orleans County. The present-day city of Newport had its origins in an incorporated village within the town of Newport. When the village became a city, however, it ceased to be part of the town, and the town and city are now two distinct municipalities with no overlap or relationship to one another.
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.
1917 – City of Newport formed from portions of the towns of Newport (former village of Newport) and Derby (former village of West Derby)
County Total: 22,024
Derby 3,274
Newport 3,113
Barton 2,790
Troy 1,467
Craftsbury 1,251
Albany 1,028
Charleston 1,025
Lowell 982
Irasburg 939
Glover 891
Greensboro 874
Holland 838
Brownington 748
Coventry 728
Westfield 646
Jay 530
Morgan 510
Westmore 390
County Total: 23,337
Newport 3,684
Derby 3,639
Barton 3,346
Troy 1,686
Craftsbury 1,119
Lowell 1,086
Charleston 993
Irasburg 983
Glover 932
Greensboro 931
Albany 920
Brownington 760
Holland 722
Coventry 616
Westfield 613
Jay 513
Morgan 463
Westmore 331
County Total: 23,913
Newport (city) 4,976
Barton 3,506
Derby 2,201
Troy 1,869
Newport [town] 1,187
Craftsbury 1,042
Lowell 1,005
Irasburg 999
Charleston 921
Greensboro 905
Albany 840
Glover 826
Brownington 741
Holland 714
Coventry 668
Westfield 490
Jay 368
Morgan 368
Westmore 287
County Total: 23,036
Newport (city) 5,094
Barton 3,469
Derby 2,165
Troy 1,898
Newport [town] 1,193
Craftsbury 976
Irasburg 924
Charleston 895
Glover 860
Greensboro 831
Albany 810
Lowell 725
Brownington 697
Coventry 610
Holland 580
Westfield 448
Morgan 363
Jay 274
Westmore 224
County Total: 21,718
Newport (city) 4,902
Barton 3,371
Derby 2,118
Troy 1,869
Newport [town] 1,064
Craftsbury 875
Irasburg 852
Charleston 834
Glover 788
Greensboro 768
Albany 748
Brownington 689
Lowell 615
Coventry 549
Holland 533
Westfield 354
Morgan 335
Jay 230
Westmore 224
County Total: 21,190
Newport (city) 5,217
Barton 3,298
Derby 2,245
Troy 1,786
Newport [town] 966
Craftsbury 709
Charleston 764
Greensboro 737
Glover 727
Irasburg 711
Albany 704
Brownington 673
Lowell 643
Coventry 497
Holland 406
Westfield 358
Morgan 296
Jay 243
Westmore 210
County Total: 20,143
Newport (city) 5,019
Barton 3,066
Derby 2,506
Troy 1,613
Newport [town] 1,010
Irasburg 711
Glover 683
Craftsbury 674
Charleston 668
Lowell 617
Greensboro 600
Brownington 599
Albany 560
Coventry 458
Holland 376
Westfield 347
Morgan 260
Jay 197
Westmore 179
County Total: 20,153
Newport (city) 4,664
Derby 3,252
Barton 2,874
Troy 1,457
Newport [town] 1,125
Irasburg 775
Charleston 654
Glover 649
Craftsbury 632
Greensboro 593
Albany 528
Brownington 522
Lowell 515
Coventry 492
Holland 383
Westfield 375
Morgan 286
Westmore 195
Jay 182
County Total: 23,440
Newport (city) 4,756
Derby 4,222
Barton 2,990
Troy 1,498
Newport [town] 1,319
Irasburg 870
Charleston 851
Craftsbury 844
Glover 843
Brownington 708
Albany 705
Greensboro 677
Coventry 674
Lowell 573
Holland 473
Morgan 460
Westfield 418
Jay 302
Westmore 257
County Total: 24,053
Derby 4,479
Newport (city) 4,434
Barton 2,967
Troy 1,609
Newport [town] 1,367
Craftsbury 994
Irasburg 907
Charleston 844
Glover 820
Coventry 806
Albany 782
Greensboro 717
Brownington 705
Lowell 594
Morgan 497
Holland 423
Westfield 422
Jay 381
Westmore 305
County Total: 26,277
Newport (city) 5,005
Derby 4,604
Barton 2,780
Troy 1,564
Newport [town] 1,511
Craftsbury 1,136
Irasburg 1,077
Coventry 1,014
Glover 966
Charleston 895
Brownington 885
Albany 840
Greensboro 770
Lowell 738
Morgan 669
Holland 588
Westfield 503
Jay 426
Westmore 306
This section lists census totals for incorporated villages for 1930 through 2000.
As of 1930, Orleans County contained nine incorporated villages:
The village of Albany (inc. 1915), within the town of the same name
The village of Barton (inc. 1875), within the town of the same name
The village of Derby Center (inc. 1891), within the town of Derby
The village of Derby Line (inc. 1891), within the town of Derby
The village of Glover, within the town of the same name
The village of Newport Center, within the town of Newport
The village of North Troy (inc. 1877), within the town of Troy
The village of Orleans (inc. 1879, called Barton Landing until 1900), within the town of Barton
The village of West Glover, within the town of Glover
The village of Newport Center disincorporated in 1931, and the villages of Glover and West Glover both disincorporated in 1973.
Note: Complete data for 1900, 1910 and 1920 are not available, but the population of the village of Newport was 1,874 in 1900 and 2,548 in 1910 (by the time of the 1920 Census, the village of Newport had incorporated as a city). The population of the village of West Derby, which consolidated with the village of Newport at the time the latter became a city, was 913 in 1900 and 1,109 in 1910.
1930
Barton 1,363
Orleans 1,301
North Troy 1,045
Derby Line 683
Derby Center 300
Newport Center 288
Glover 246
Albany 189
West Glover 59
1940
Orleans 1,332
Barton 1,262
North Troy 1,077
Derby Line 661
Derby Center 346
Glover 216
Albany 200
West Glover 68
1950
Barton 1,267
Orleans 1,261
North Troy 1,057
Derby Line 767
Derby Center 383
Glover 228
Albany 196
West Glover 58
1960
Orleans 1,240
Barton 1,169
North Troy 961
Derby Line 849
Derby Center 433
Glover 230
Albany 169
West Glover 64
1970
Orleans 1,138
Barton 1,051
Derby Line 834
North Troy 774
Derby Center 547
Glover 244
Albany 175
West Glover 55
1980
Barton 1,062
Orleans 983
Derby Line 874
North Troy 717
Derby Center 598
Albany 174
1990
Barton 908
Derby Line 855
Orleans 806
North Troy 723
Derby Center 684
Albany 180
2000
Orleans 826
Derby Line 776
Barton 742
Derby Center 670
North Troy 593
Albany 165
