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Wardsboro, Vermont
Wardsboro is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 854 at the 2000 census. The town includes the villages of Wardsboro Center, West Wardsboro and South Wardsboro.
==History==
The town was settled circa 1779 by Samuel Davis and his wife from Milford, Massachusetts.〔(John P. Warren, MD, ''Vermont Historical Gazetteer -- Wardsboro;'' Brandon, Vermont 1891 )〕 It was granted and chartered on November 7, 1780 to William Ward of Newfane, for whom the town was named Wardsborough, together with 62 others. In 1788, it was divided into north and south districts, the latter set off and incorporated in 1810 as Dover. Although the terrain is very uneven and in parts rocky, farmers worked the soil into productivity.〔(Hayward's ''New England Gazetteer of 1839'' )〕
Mills were built along the brook, a tributary of the West River. In 1859, industries included three gristmills, six sawmills, one tannery, and a rawhide whip factory.〔(Austin J. Coolidge & John B. Mansfield, ''A History and Description of New England;'' Boston, Massachusetts 1859 )〕 During the Civil War, Wardsborough Center was called Unionville because of its strong Federal sentiment. In the 1880s, Jebediah Estabrook's tub, bucket and pail factory at Wardsborough Center was the area's principal employer.〔(Virtual Vermont -- Wardsboro, Vermont )〕 In 1894, the U.S. Post Office dropped the "ugh" from town names ending in "borough," so Wardsborough was thereafter known as Wardsboro.
Wardsboro was one of thirteen Vermont towns isolated by flooding caused by Hurricane Irene in 2011, and it was the last of those towns to be released from its isolation.〔(Floodwaters From Storm Isolate 13 Vermont Towns ), ''The New York Times''〕
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