Searsburg 05363

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Contents: About Searsburg Activities Contact Info Neighboring Towns Map / Driving Directions Road Conditions Utilities Searsburg Reservoir (Photo by Frank Pulaski) If you have any comments about this page, please let us know. Residents: Participate in this page. Tell us about your town!
About Searsburg, Vermont [Top] Bennington County Chartered: February 23, 1781 (Vermont Charter) Area: 13,702 Acres = 21.41 Square Miles [ Size Rank: 222* ] Coordinates (Geographic Center): N 42° 53' W 72°57' Altitude: 1,734 feet ASL Population (US Census, 2000): 96 [ Population Rank: 245* ] Population Density (persons per square mile): 4.5 [ Density Rank: 240* ] Full Census Info: Town  County  State *Area, Population and Density rankings refer to Searsburg's relative position among Vermont's 255 civic entities (9 cities, 242 towns, 4 gores and grants). Complete rankings are here. Named Searsburgh in the charter, the final h dropped through custom. The town was created from the northern part of Readsboro, though it is not at all clear why. There were no residents in that part of Readsboro at the time, and some twenty years passed before anyone settled there. Equally unclear is why the town was named as it was. One possibility is Isaac Sears, a New York City merchant and ship owner who seized the New York Arsenal and Customs House upon hearing of the battles at Lexington and Concord, and whose vessels preyed on British shipping during the Revolutionary War. His name is found on several Vermont town charters, but this one is not among them; the Legislature could have been seeking to honor Sears in this manner. With only nine residents in the 1820 Census, the population grew to over 200 over the next fifty years, but has declined ever since. The town contains over a dozen mountains of over 2,000 feet, none of which are identified by name. Material excerpted or adapted from Esther Munroe Swift's Vermont Place-Names: Footprints of History with the author's permission
Activities [Top] Goings-on in and near Searsburg Calendar of Events provided by the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing.
Contact Info [Top] Emergency Services (Statewide): 911 Hospital: Southwestern Medical Center (Bennington) 802-442-6361 Town Clerk:  Josephine Kilbride PO Box 157 Wilmington, VT 05363  802-464-8081  Mon 8-4; Tue Fri 8-12
Neighboring Towns [Top]
This is a basic geographic reference, intended to show relative location of adjacent towns. Directional accuracy is limited to 16 compass points. There isn't even the slightest suggestion that one can necessarily travel directly from one town to the next (as in "You can't get there from here").
Glastenbury Somerset Dover Searsburg Woodford Wilmington Readsboro
Utilities [Top] Notes about utilities: One electric or phone company indicates that company serves the entire town. More than one of either indicates each serves different areas of town. A listed cable company MIGHT mean the entire town is covered, but not necessarily. More than one listed indicates each serves different areas of town. Unless your area is one served by Vermont's only gas utility, your only option is bottled gas (any dealer). Electric Central Vermont Public Service 800-451-2877 Electric Green Mountain Power 888-835-4672 Telephone Fairpoint 866-984-2001 Do you have a question or comment about Searsburg?   Web Virtual Vermont Recreation - Bridges - Lodging - Shopping - Dining Top Home Virtual Vermont Internet Services What can we do for you? ©1999-2010 January 2, 2010