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Strafford is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,094 at the 2020 census. The town of Strafford was created on August 12, 1761, by way of a royal charter which King George III of Great Britain issued to Governor Benning Wentworth of New Hampshire. The town was named after the Earl of Strafford. Its town house is one of the most famous in Vermont, sitting atop a hill at the end of the historic town common.

Strafford was one of thirteen Vermont towns isolated by flooding caused by Hurricane Irene in 2011.

Geography

thumb|left|Justin Smith Morrill house

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 44.3&nbsp;square miles (114.8&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), of which 44.2&nbsp;square miles (114.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 0.1&nbsp;square mile (0.3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) (0.25%) is water. The West Branch of the Ompompanoosuc River flows through the town.

Demographics

As of the census

  • Jedediah Hyde Baxter, Surgeon General of the United States Army
  • Edmund "Tad" Coffin, saddle maker and Olympic equestrian
  • William Sloane Coffin, clergyman and activist
  • Denny Emerson, equestrian
  • Doc Hazelton, major league baseball player and college coach
  • Barbara Moraff, American poet of the Beat generation
  • Justin Smith Morrill, US congressman and senator

References

  • Town of Strafford official website