Dummerston, Vermont
Windham County
50-18325
Dummerston is a municipality in the state of Vermont in the United States.
Your 1,864 inhabitants ( according to the census of 2010 ) mainly feed on forest and meadow economy. The main settlement, West Dummerston, located in the valley and on the banks of the West River, a few kilometers south-west, just above Brattleboro, flows into the Connecticut River. The Vermont State Route 30 crosses West Dummerston north- south and connects the place with Newfane and Townshend in the north and in the south of Brattleboro.
The area of present-day Dummerston was about 1713 part of an area which was handed over by Massachusetts to Connecticut. Reason was an accidental sale of land to settlers from Massachusetts, but which actually belonged to Connecticut. 1716, this area was available for colonization and sold to a group of investors, which includes William Dummer, the namesake of the town belonged. 1753 was the area under the name Fulhum - most likely after the city Fulham in England - officially proclaimed by Governor Benning Wentworth. Due to Indian raids and the war with the French in this area but the consolidating meeting of the settlers could not take place within the prescribed five years, so that the area fell back to Connecticut. Wentworth renewed the proclamation so three times: in 1760, 1764 and 1781, the official name of the town, Fulhum was, however, almost never used, . its inhabitants called it continue Dummerston. It was not until 1937, the official name was adapted to the real conditions.
Between 1892 and 1896 the newly married writer Rudyard Kipling and his wife lived in Dummerston. In his 1892 built house Naulakha Kipling wrote, among other things, his most famous work, The Jungle Book. To prevent intrusive admirer Kipling put his mail address in the neighboring town of Brattleboro, where the postmaster very quickly realize that Kipling got more mail than even the largest local business. He was therefore, set up exclusively for Kipling's post, a private post office Waite with a neighbor Kipling, which consisted 1895-1897. This post office is the only post office in the history of Vermont, which was set up for a single person. Stamps and envelopes with this stamp are coveted philatelic collectibles. Kipling's Naulakha house is now a museum and was declared a National Historic Landmark.
Nearby Cities
All information bee-line distances.
- North: Athens, 22.5 km
- Northeast: Putney, 11.0 km
- East: Keene, 26.5 km
- Southeast: Winchester, 25.0 km
- South: Brattleboro, 8.0 km
- Southwest: Wilmington, 21.5 km
- West Dover, 16.5km
- Northwest: Newfane, 8.5 km
Sons and daughters of the town
- George Aiken (1892-1984), Governor of Vermont and longtime U.S. senator.