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Stamford, Bennington, Vermont, USA
Stamford is one of the oldest towns in Vermont, chartered in 1753 by Benning Wentworth, Governor of New Hampshire. The 1753 date, for the first grant of Stamford, makes this one of the oldest of the New Hampshire Grants.
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- The first school in Stamford was a log structure built in 1784; in 1880 there were seven school districts in the town with 145 students and eight teachers.
outside.vermont.gov - 1791 - Population of Stamford, Vermont - 272
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849 - 1800 - Population of Stamford, Vermont - 383
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849 - 1810 - Population of Stamford, Vermont - 378
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849 - 1820 - Population of Stamford, Vermont - 490
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849 - The Union Church, built in 1821, was shared by Baptists, Methodists, and Universalists.
Eventually, the Baptist and Methodist congregations each built their own churches in the center of the
village along Main Road.
outside.vermont.gov - 1830 - Population of Stamford, Vermont - 563
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849 - 1839 - Stamford
Stamford, Vermont
Bennington county. A mountain township on the line of Massachusetts. It is 9 miles S.W. from Bennington and 21 W. by S. from Brattleborough. Population, 1830, 563. Branches of the Hoosack and Walloomsack rise here. There are several fine fish ponds among the mountains; and some...Read MORE... - 1840 - Population of Stamford, Vermont - 662
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849 - 1849 Stamford
A mountain township on the line of Massachusetts. Branches of the Hoosack and Walloomsack rise here. There are several fine fish ponds among the mountains; and some good land; but the lands in Stamford are generally too elevated for culture. The township was chartered in 1753.
A gazetteer of...Read MORE... - 1854 - Stamford
Stamford, a post-township in Bennington co., Vermont, 116 miles S. by W. from Montpelier. Population, 833.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. 
1878 - The Stamford Murder.
John Dailey, the hotel keeper who murdered the agent scissors grinder, James Patrick Spellman, at Stamford, the 20th, was arraigned the 22d, on charge of murder. He waived the reading of the warrant and plead not guilty to the charge. The evidence against him was very strong, and he was finally...Read MORE...- 1890 - THE STAMFORD MURDER CASE
The grand jury at Manchester have indicted Jerry Bradley for the murder of Maggie Shea at Stamford May 27. The court has assigned to him for counsel W. B. Sheldon of Bennington, a prominent criminal lawyer. Lyons, Boulger and White, who were arrested with Bradley in the household where the woman...Read MORE... - 1892 - BEQUEST FOR STAMFORD. The Litte Town Remembered by Millionaire Houghton.
DEDHAM, Mass., Sept. 30. - The will of Andrew J. Houghton, the millionaire Boston brewer, contains only these public bequests: "To The Baptist and Methodist Episcopal churches of Stamford, Vt., $500 each, and to the town of Stamford, Vt., $500, the income to be used in keeping the town burial...Read MORE... - 1900 - NEW BORN BABE FOUND. People of Stamford Again Shocked by Sensational Discovery.
(Special to The Messenger.)
Bennington, April 21. - The town of Stamford in this county furnishes another sensation. Thursday morning a young lad, while walking on the river bank found the body of a new born babe on its edge. It was entirely naked and from appearance had been thrown into the...Read MORE... - 1906
Stamford, a post-village of Bennington co., Vt., in Stamford township (town), 12 miles SSE. of Bennington. It has chemical-works, etc. Pop. of the town in 1900, 677.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906 
The home of Mrs. J. R. Houghton, Stamford, Vt., 1906
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Home of Eugene D. Bishop, Stamford, Vt., 1906
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52 Pleasant Street (1906)
Postcard- 1908 - A Town Without Officers.
It is aid that owning to neglect of an official the town of Stamford will be without officers for two years unless they are appointed by the governor. The neglect was in not filing a customary legal paper in the matter of holding elections, and the town cannot hold a legal meeting for two years....Read MORE... - 1908 - GYPSIES INVADE STAMFORD. Officers Called to Get Horses Out of a Meadow.
Bennington, June 29. - The town of Stamford was thrown into a disturbance Saturday by a large band of gypsies numbering about twenty-five men and women and half as many children. They camped on Ward Wells's farm and turned their horses into his meadow. A constable and several men who attempted to...Read MORE... 
View of Stamford, Vt., 1908
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Baptist Church (1908)
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View of Stamford, Vt. from Hair Pin Turn Mohawk Trail
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Methodist Church
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St. John Basco Chapel, Stamford, Vermont
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Stamford Valley Grange, Stamford, Vermont
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Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Stamford, Vermont, USA
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52 Pleasant Street (1906)
Stamford, Vermont, USA
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The home of Mrs. J. R. Houghton, Stamford, Vt., 1906
Stamford, Vermont, USA
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Home of Eugene D. Bishop, Stamford, Vt., 1906
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Baptist Church (1908)
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View of Stamford, Vt., 1908
Stamford, Vermont, USA
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View of Stamford, Vt. from Hair Pin Turn Mohawk Trail
Stamford, Vermont, USA
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Methodist Church
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St. John Basco Chapel, Stamford, Vermont
Stamford, Vermont, USA
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Stamford Valley Grange, Stamford, Vermont
History, News and Stories of Stamford, Vermont, USA
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The first school in Stamford was a log structure built in 1784; in 1880 there were seven school districts in the town with 145 students and eight teachers.
outside.vermont.gov
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1791 - Population of Stamford, Vermont - 272
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
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1800 - Population of Stamford, Vermont - 383
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
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1810 - Population of Stamford, Vermont - 378
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
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1820 - Population of Stamford, Vermont - 490
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
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The Union Church, built in 1821, was shared by Baptists, Methodists, and Universalists.
Eventually, the Baptist and Methodist congregations each built their own churches in the center of the
village along Main Road.
outside.vermont.gov
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1830 - Population of Stamford, Vermont - 563
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
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1839 - Stamford
Stamford, Vermont
Bennington county. A mountain township on the line of Massachusetts. It is 9 miles S.W. from Bennington and 21 W. by S. from Brattleborough. Population, 1830, 563. Branches of the Hoosack and Walloomsack rise here. There are several fine fish ponds among the mountains; and some... Read MORE...
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1840 - Population of Stamford, Vermont - 662
A gazetteer of Vermont... by John Hayward Boston - Tappan, Whittemore, and Mason 1849
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1849 Stamford
A mountain township on the line of Massachusetts. Branches of the Hoosack and Walloomsack rise here. There are several fine fish ponds among the mountains; and some good land; but the lands in Stamford are generally too elevated for culture. The township was chartered in 1753.
A gazetteer of... Read MORE...
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1854 - Stamford
Stamford, a post-township in Bennington co., Vermont, 116 miles S. by W. from Montpelier. Population, 833.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
1878 - The Stamford Murder.
John Dailey, the hotel keeper who murdered the agent scissors grinder, James Patrick Spellman, at Stamford, the 20th, was arraigned the 22d, on charge of murder. He waived the reading of the warrant and plead not guilty to the charge. The evidence against him was very strong, and he was finally... Read MORE...
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1890 - THE STAMFORD MURDER CASE
The grand jury at Manchester have indicted Jerry Bradley for the murder of Maggie Shea at Stamford May 27. The court has assigned to him for counsel W. B. Sheldon of Bennington, a prominent criminal lawyer. Lyons, Boulger and White, who were arrested with Bradley in the household where the woman... Read MORE...
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1892 - BEQUEST FOR STAMFORD. The Litte Town Remembered by Millionaire Houghton.
DEDHAM, Mass., Sept. 30. - The will of Andrew J. Houghton, the millionaire Boston brewer, contains only these public bequests: "To The Baptist and Methodist Episcopal churches of Stamford, Vt., $500 each, and to the town of Stamford, Vt., $500, the income to be used in keeping the town burial... Read MORE...
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1900 - NEW BORN BABE FOUND. People of Stamford Again Shocked by Sensational Discovery.
(Special to The Messenger.)
Bennington, April 21. - The town of Stamford in this county furnishes another sensation. Thursday morning a young lad, while walking on the river bank found the body of a new born babe on its edge. It was entirely naked and from appearance had been thrown into the... Read MORE...
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1906
Stamford, a post-village of Bennington co., Vt., in Stamford township (town), 12 miles SSE. of Bennington. It has chemical-works, etc. Pop. of the town in 1900, 677.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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1908 - GYPSIES INVADE STAMFORD. Officers Called to Get Horses Out of a Meadow.
Bennington, June 29. - The town of Stamford was thrown into a disturbance Saturday by a large band of gypsies numbering about twenty-five men and women and half as many children. They camped on Ward Wells's farm and turned their horses into his meadow. A constable and several men who attempted to... Read MORE...
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1908 - A Town Without Officers.
It is aid that owning to neglect of an official the town of Stamford will be without officers for two years unless they are appointed by the governor. The neglect was in not filing a customary legal paper in the matter of holding elections, and the town cannot hold a legal meeting for two years.... Read MORE...
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