Historical U.S. Census totals for Windsor County, Vermont

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 back 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.

Corporate changes since 1900

There have been no changes in Windsor County’s town-level municipality roster since 1900.

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

1910

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

1920

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

1930

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

1940

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

1950

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

1960

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

1970

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

1980

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

1990

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

2000

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

Villages

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

Notes

2000 Census

The Census Bureau made a number of revisions to 2000 census totals subsequent to their initial release. The 2000 total for the town of Hartford was originally reported as 10,367; and for the town of Pomfret, 997. The totals were later revised to those shown in the list above. This was apparently done to correct an assignment error between the two towns; the collective population of the two is the same using either set of figures, so the county total was not affected.

ee also

*United States Census
*Windsor County, Vermont