Funeral Homes in East Thetford, VT

Facts about the city

Thetford is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States in the Connecticut River Valley. The population was 2,617 at the 2000 census. Villages within the town include East Thetford, North Thetford, Thetford Hill, Thetford Center, Rices Mills, Union Village, and Post Mills. The town office is in Thetford Center. .Thetford is home to Thetford Academy, Vermont's oldest secondary school. Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains, formerly Swift Water Girl Scout Council, also has a summer residential camp here called Camp Farnsworth. Camp Farnsworth originally started under private ownership by Chelebe and Madama Farnsworth in 1909 when it was called Camp Hanoum.

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History

The town office is in Thetford Center. It was first settled in 1764 by John Chamberlin, who lived at East Thetford beside the Connecticut River. .

The town was created on August 12, 1761 by way of a royal charter which King George III of England issued to Governor Benning Wentworth of New Hampshire. Nixon.[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64186-2005Mar1.html]. In 1974, Thetford became the first US municipality to call for the impeachment of President Richard Nixon M.

The official website for the city of East Thetford is https://www.thetfordvermont.us/.