Rockingham (Vermont)

Windham County

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Rockingham is a town in Windham County, Vermont, in the United States. In the municipality of 5,282 people live ( according to the census of 2010). The Town is located on the west bank of the Connecticut River and borders so directly to New Hampshire.

Rockingham is one of the early populated areas of Vermont. To colonization by Governor Benning Wentworth proclaimed by New Hampshire, the first settlers arrived in 1753 actually already in the country. The official management was realized in 1760.

In the Town of Rockingham, there are four population centers, which have the status of villages without its own administration: Bellows Falls it is by far the largest and the economic and tourist center of the region. The other settlements are Rockingham Village, Cambridgeport and Saxtons River, the second commercial center of the Town.

The Rockingham Meeting House - a Puritan church building, as it was widely used in New England - dates from 1796 and has since remained largely unchanged. Since 2000, it is on the list of National Historic Landmarks in Vermont and thus stands under monument protection.

The also listed, more than 140 -year-old Bartonsville Covered Bridge in 2011, completely destroyed by a flood, which was caused by Hurricane Irene.

Pictures

Rockingham Meeting House of 1796

Nearby Cities

All information bee-line distances.

  • North: Springfield 12.5 km
  • Northeast: Unity 7.5 km
  • East Langdon, 9.0 km
  • Southeast: Gilsum, 24.0 km
  • South: Putney, 20.5 km
  • Southwest: Athens, 9.0 km
  • West: Grafton, 10.0 km
  • North West: Chester, 12.0 km
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