This article shows U.S. Census totals for Windsor County, Vermont, broken down by municipality, from 1900 to 2000.
Like most areas of New England, Windsor 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 Windsor 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 Windsor County’s town-level municipality roster since 1900.
County Total: 32,225
Hartford 3,817
Springfield 3,432
Woodstock 2,557
Windsor 2,119
Ludlow 2,042
Chester 1,775
Bethel 1,611
Royalton 1,427
Cavendish 1,352
Hartland 1,340
Norwich 1,303
Rochester 1,250
Weathersfield 1,089
Bridgewater 972
Barnard 840
Stockbridge 822
Pomfret 777
Weston 756
Sharon 709
Reading 649
Plymouth 646
West Windsor 513
Andover 372
Baltimore 55
County Total: 33,681
Springfield 4,784
Hartford 4,179
Woodstock 2,545
Windsor 2,407
Ludlow 2,215
Bethel 1,943
Chester 1,784
Royalton 1,452
Rochester 1,317
Hartland 1,316
Norwich 1,252
Cavendish 1,208
Weathersfield 1,092
Bridgewater 874
Barnard 737
Stockbridge 737
Pomfret 703
Weston 632
Sharon 585
West Windsor 569
Reading 530
Plymouth 482
Andover 284
Baltimore 54
County Total: 36,984
Springfield 7,202
Hartford 4,739
Windsor 3,687
Ludlow 2,421
Woodstock 2,370
Bethel 1,782
Chester 1,633
Royalton 1,469
Rochester 1,397
Cavendish 1,319
Hartland 1,212
Norwich 1,092
Weathersfield 1,087
Bridgewater 808
Pomfret 732
Barnard 653
Stockbridge 618
Sharon 545
West Windsor 514
Reading 463
Plymouth 449
Weston 436
Andover 294
Baltimore 62
County Total: 37,416
Springfield 6,955
Hartford 4,888
Windsor 4,359
Woodstock 2,469
Ludlow 2,305
Chester 1,666
Bethel 1,650
Royalton 1,491
Cavendish 1,418
Norwich 1,371
Rochester 1,285
Hartland 1,266
Weathersfield 1,156
Bridgewater 741
Pomfret 728
Barnard 584
Sharon 569
West Windsor 512
Reading 474
Stockbridge 460
Weston 411
Plymouth 331
Andover 258
Baltimore 69
County Total: 37,862
Springfield 7,720
Hartford 4,978
Windsor 4,155
Woodstock 2,512
Ludlow 2,458
Chester 1,740
Bethel 1,477
Norwich 1,418
Cavendish 1,398
Hartland 1,306
Royalton 1,291
Rochester 1,129
Weathersfield 1,075
Bridgewater 895
Pomfret 686
Sharon 530
West Windsor 494
Stockbridge 490
Barnard 486
Weston 457
Reading 437
Plymouth 432
Andover 213
Baltimore 85
County Total: 40,885
Springfield 9,190
Hartford 5,827
Windsor 4,402
Woodstock 2,613
Ludlow 2,428
Chester 1,981
Hartland 1,559
Bethel 1,534
Norwich 1,532
Cavendish 1,374
Royalton 1,331
Weathersfield 1,288
Rochester 937
Bridgewater 903
Pomfret 586
West Windsor 504
Reading 470
Sharon 470
Weston 468
Barnard 439
Stockbridge 427
Plymouth 348
Andover 185
Baltimore 89
County Total: 42,483
Springfield 9,934
Hartford 6,355
Windsor 4,468
Woodstock 2,786
Ludlow 2,386
Chester 2,318
Norwich 1,790
Hartland 1,592
Royalton 1,388
Bethel 1,356
Weathersfield 1,254
Cavendish 1,223
Rochester 879
Bridgewater 776
Pomfret 600
West Windsor 539
Sharon 485
Reading 472
Weston 442
Barnard 435
Stockbridge 392
Plymouth 308
Andover 215
Baltimore 90
County Total: 44,082
Springfield 10,063
Hartford 6,477
Windsor 4,158
Woodstock 2,608
Ludlow 2,463
Chester 2,371
Weathersfield 2,040
Norwich 1,966
Hartland 1,806
Royalton 1,399
Bethel 1,347
Cavendish 1,264
Rochester 884
Bridgewater 783
Pomfret 620
West Windsor 571
Barnard 569
Reading 564
Sharon 541
Weston 507
Stockbridge 389
Plymouth 283
Andover 239
Baltimore 170
County Total: 51,030
Springfield 10,190
Hartford 7,963
Windsor 4,084
Woodstock 3,214
Chester 2,791
Weathersfield 2,534
Ludlow 2,414
Norwich 2,398
Hartland 2,396
Royalton 2,100
Bethel 1,715
Cavendish 1,355
Rochester 1,054
Bridgewater 867
Pomfret 856
Sharon 828
Barnard 790
West Windsor 763
Reading 647
Weston 627
Stockbridge 508
Plymouth 405
Andover 350
Baltimore 181
County Total: 54,055
Springfield 9,579
Hartford 9,404
Windsor 3,714
Woodstock 3,212
Norwich 3,093
Hartland 2,988
Chester 2,832
Weathersfield 2,674
Royalton 2,389
Ludlow 2,302
Bethel 1,866
Cavendish 1,323
Sharon 1,211
Rochester 1,181
West Windsor 923
Bridgewater 895
Pomfret 874
Barnard 872
Stockbridge 618
Reading 614
Weston 488
Plymouth 440
Andover 373
Baltimore 190
County Total: 57,418
Hartford 10,385
Springfield 9,078
Windsor 3,756
Norwich 3,544
Woodstock 3,232
Hartland 3,223
Chester 3,044
Weathersfield 2,788
Royalton 2,603
Ludlow 2,449
Bethel 1,968
Cavendish 1,470
Sharon 1,411
Rochester 1,171
West Windsor 1,067
Bridgewater 980
Pomfret 979
Barnard 958
Reading 707
Stockbridge 674
Weston 630
Plymouth 555
Andover 496
Baltimore 250
This section lists census totals for incorporated villages for 1930 through 2000.
As of 1930, Windsor County contained seven incorporated villages:
The village of Chester, within the town of the same name
The village of Ludlow, within the town of the same name
The village of Perkinsville (inc. 1928), within the town of Weathersfield
The village of Proctorsville, within the town of Cavendish
The village of Springfield, within the town of the same name
The village of Windsor, within the town of the same name
The village of Woodstock (inc. 1827), within the town of the same name
Four of the villages have since disincorporated:
The village of Springfield apparently disincorporated at some point in time, although sources conflict as to when this happened. The Vermont state archives web site indicates that it disincorporated in 1947; however, the Census Bureau reported it in the 1950 Census, and gave no indication in subsequent reports that this was in error.
The villages of Chester and Windsor both disincorporated in 1967
The village of Proctorsville disincorporated in 1987
Note: Complete data for 1900, 1910 and 1920 are not available, but the population of the village of Springfield was 2,040 in 1900, 3,250 in 1910, and 5,283 in 1920.
1930
Springfield 4,943
Windsor 3,689
Ludlow 1,642
Woodstock 1,312
Chester 684
Proctorsville 669
Perkinsville 155
1940
Springfield 5,182
Windsor 3,402
Ludlow 1,780
Woodstock 1,325
Chester 749
Proctorsville 643
Perkinsville 144
1950
Springfield 4,940
Windsor 3,467
Ludlow 1,678
Woodstock 1,326
Chester 796
Proctorsville 549
Perkinsville 142
1960
Windsor 3,256
Ludlow 1,658
Woodstock 1,415
Chester 923
Proctorsville 476
Perkinsville 167
1970
Ludlow 1,508
Woodstock 1,154
Proctorsville 512
Perkinsville 188
1980
Ludlow 1,352
Woodstock 1,178
Proctorsville 481
Perkinsville 187
1990
Ludlow 1,123
Woodstock 1,037
Perkinsville 148
2000
Woodstock 977
Ludlow 958
Perkinsville 142
