The Vermont 251 Club
The Vermont 251 Club is an organization whose members attempt to visit every town in the state of Vermont. The club was first suggested in 1954 in Vermont Life Magazine.
While we aren't officially members (we don't get newsletters or go to meetings, yet) we are chronicling our exploration of Vermont's towns and cities. The map at right is crude, but should give one an idea of the scale of the undertaking. It's a fun hobby, and keeps us off the str... errrr... well, we don't hurt anyone.
Updated: May 9, 2008
KEY
- Drove through Visited Live
Vermont Towns
- Addison
- Albany
- Alburg
- Andover
- Arlington
- Athens
- Averill
- Bakersfield
- Baltimore
- Barnard — Sarah and I spent a day in Barnard paddling on Silver Lake and having a drink at the Barnard General Store in 2007.
- Barnet — We visited Barnet the first time in May 2006. The second time was December 13, 2006. Both times were when Sarah's dad visited us.
- Barre City — We frequently go to Barre City for stuff. Including servicing one of the Macs.
- Barre Town — We once had a storage facility in Barre Town off of Quarry Hill Road. Lovely view our stuff had.
- Barton
- Belvidere
- Bennington — Bennington is where we first entered Vermont when we moved here in late August 2005.
- Benson
- Berkshire
- Berlin — Berlin is the closest place with a "mall" in relation to Montpelier.
- Bethel — Jessamyn put us up in Bethel when we first visited, and we did a lot of walking around town. Even though we live in Tunbridge, Bethel is our mailing address.
- Bloomfield
- Bolton
- Bradford
- Braintree — We first visited Braintree when we visited the Maple Ridge Sheep Farm in Braintree in September 2006 when Nancy and Greg visited us.
- Brandon
- Brattleboro
- Bridgewater
- Bridport
- Brighton
- Bristol — Visited Bristol on October 30. We walked around the green, and then walked along Main street visiting shops along the way. Had a great potato fennel soup and fresh baked bread slices at Bristol Bakery & Cafe, and sat in the big window and enjoyed the unseasonably warm day.
- Brookfield
- Brookline
- Brownington
- Brunswick
- Burke
- Burlington — Mostly shopping on Church Street, but also a few dinners (A Single Pebble and Vermont Brewery come to mind).
- Cabot — Drove through Cabot on a rainy day in mud season in 2005. Took a picture of the Cabot Creamery, but we didn't stop.
- Calais — Spent some time house-hunting in Calais and liked it very much.
- Cambridge — Drove through the center of town and liked the look of it. Cute.
- Canaan
- Castleton — Had lunch at the diner in Castleton before Sarah took the MAT exam at Castleton College in February 2008.
- Cavendish
- Charleston
- Charlotte — Rick (Sarah did not attend) took Sarah's cousin Esther to the ferry near Wing's Point, and they stopped for candy and drinks at the general store. This was in February 2007.
- Chelsea — We first visited Chelsea on December 13, 2006 when we stopped by the court house to register Sarah as a Notary Public.
- Chester
- Chittenden
- Clarendon
- Colchester — Drove through on our way back to Montpelier when we visited St. Albans.
- Concord
- Corinth
- Cornwall
- Coventry
- Craftsbury
- Danby — We visited Autumn Mountain Farm in April 2008, where we purchased 2 llamas.
- Danville
- Derby
- Dorset
- Dover
- Dummerston
- Duxbury
- East Haven
- East Montpelier — This is where we board Mick and Haley at Ruby's Run kennels off 14 South.
- Eden
- Elmore — Elmore is a beautiful tiny town just east of Morrisville (in Morristown). We drove through on our way back from a Guy's Farm & Yard and took some passing photos of the beautiful lake that is there. We also started house hunting there as of January 5, 2006.
- Enosburg
- Essex — We attended the Sheep & Wool Festival at the exposition in Essex Junction in 2005. That was fun. Lots of alpacas and llamas.
- Fairfax — Not much there there as a co-worker of Rick's used to say. A bakery and 3 gas stations.
- Fairfield
- Fair Haven
- Fairlee
- Fayston — We spent a whole day sitting around Bragg Hill Farm carving spoons with Bill Coperthwaite with some folks from Center for Whole Communities. Fun day, even though Rick was sick.
- Ferdinand
- Ferrisburg — Drove through Ferrisburg on our way back from looking at properties in New Haven.
- Fletcher
- Franklin
- Georgia — Drove through on our way back to Montpelier when we visited St. Albans.
- Glastenbury
- Glover
- Goshen
- Grafton
- Granby
- Grand Isle
- Granville
- Greensboro
- Groton — Drove through Groton while returning from Barnet on December 13, 2006 on our way to Chelsea.
- Guildhall
- Guilford
- Halifax
- Hancock — Our architect Dick Robeson's office is in Hancock and we had a few meetings with him there.
- Hardwick — We stopped in Hardwick while out house hunting on January 5, 2006. We stopped in at the Buffalo Mountain Food Coop and bought sage leaf, and then browsed at the lovely bookstore.
- Hartford — Visited the Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) in the summer of 2007.
- Hartland
- Highgate
- Hinesburg
- Holland
- Hubbardton
- Huntington
- Hyde Park — We drove through Johnson while out house hunting on January 5, 2006.
- Ira
- Irasburg
- Isle La Motte
- Jamaica
- Jay
- Jericho
- Johnson — We drove through Johnson while out house hunting on January 5, 2006.
- Killington
- Kirby
- Landgrove
- Leicester
- Lemington
- Lewis
- Lincoln
- Londonderry
- Lowell
- Ludlow
- Lunenburg
- Lyndon
- Maidstone
- Manchester
- Marlboro
- Marshfield
- Mendon
- Middlebury
- Middlesex
- Middletown Springs
- Milton — Drove through on our way back to Montpelier when we visited St. Albans.
- Monkton
- Montgomery
- Montpelier — Lived in Montpelier from August 2005 through March 2006.
- Moretown
- Morgan
- Morristown — Stopped and had lunch at a little place built in the old railway station on January 5, 2006. Stopped at Guy's Farm and Feed to pick up dog treats too.
- Mount Holly
- Mount Tabor
- Newark
- Newbury
- Newfane
- New Haven — We looked at a few houses in New Haven on January 6, 2006 and walked around the town green.
- Newport City
- Newport Town
- Northfield — We spent a few hours in Northfield on 21 October, 2005. Walked around the common, stopped in the Economy Store, the quilt store and bought a few books at the used bookstore. Took pictures too. Plus we shopped at the Cabot Hosiery Sale in November 2006!
- North Hero
- Norton
- Norwich — Visited the General Store and stopped at a yarn shop sometime in 2007.
- Orange -
- Orwell
- Panton
- Pawlet
- Peacham
- Peru
- Pittsfield
- Pittsford
- Plainfield — We went to the River Run restaurant in October 2005 for the first time. We walked up to the recreation fields for a bit, and perused the used bookstore's porch shelves.
- Plymouth
- Pomfret — Drove through Pomfret for the first time on our way to dinner at a friend's in Woodstock.
- Poultney
- Pownal
- Proctor
- Putney
- Randolph — We visited Randolph for the first time on January 3, 2006 as part of our house hunting adventures. Now we shop at the Shaw's there on a regular basis as well as errands and visit restaurants.
- Reading
- Readsboro
- Richford
- Richmond
- Ripton
- Rochester — We visited the Rochester Cafe with Greg & Nancy in the fall of 2007 on our way back fromt he Otter Creek brewery tour.
- Rockingham
- Roxbury
- Royalton — Eaton's Sugar House was the first place we ate when we visited Jessamyn. Now South Royalton is the town next door to ours, and where we shop, etc.
- Rupert
- Rutland City — We bought our Honda CRV from Shearer Honda in Rutland.
- Rutland — Had a yummy lunch at Sal's on our way back from Danby.
- Ryegate
- St. Albans City — had lunch at Chow Bella. It was tasty.
- St. Albans Town — Drove through to have lunch in St. Albans City.
- St. George
- St. Johnsbury
- Salisbury
- Sandgate
- Searsburg
- Shaftsbury
- Sharon — In addition to enjoying Sandy's Creeme stand, Sharon is where our doctor's office is.
- Sheffield
- Shelburne — Shopped for and bought a bed and end tables at Modern Design in Shelburne in August 2006.
- Sheldon
- Shoreham
- Shrewsbury
- Somerset
- South Burlington — We have attended a few concerts at Higher Ground in South Burlington.
- South Hero
- Springfield
- Stamford
- Stannard
- Starksboro
- Stockbridge
- Stowe — We went to see a Harry Potter movie at a theater in Stowe. Fun snowy night in 2005.
- Strafford — We spend a lot of time in Strafford which is where the Justin Morrill Homestead is.
- Stratton
- Sudbury
- Sunderland
- Sutton
- Swanton
- Thetford — Test drive a truck in 2007 in Thetford and met Mike and Rose Wilson who live there.
- Tinmouth
- Topsham — We have each been to Jessamyn's farm in West Topsham, but neither of us has been there when she is there (so far).
- Townshend
- Troy
- Tunbridge — We first moved to Tunbridge in March 2006 when we bought our first house in Vermont.
- Underhill — Drove through long enough to look at a house we liked on Lower English Settlement Road. We were driving around showing Nancy and Greg the countryside.
- Vergennes — Stopped for a cannoli at Cafe 206, and walked around the town while we were house hunting on January 6, 2006.
- Vernon
- Vershire
- Victory
- Waitsfield — On two separate trips we stopped at this great little deli in Waitsfield right before one enters Fayston. Great made-to-order sandwiches and reasonable gas prices at the pumps.
- Walden
- Wallingford
- Waltham — Drove through Waltham on our way from New Haven to Vergennes.
- Wardsboro
- Warren
- Washington — Drove through Washington on our way to Chelsea after a visit in Barnet on December 13, 2006.
- Waterbury — We had a lovey lunch at Arvads on our way back from the Sheep & Wool Festival in 2005.
- Waterford
- Waterville
- Weathersfield
- Wells
- West Fairlee
- Westfield
- Westford — Can barely call this a drive-through as Route 15 barely goes through the town. Passed through on our way to Cambridge and Fairfax.
- West Haven
- Westminster
- Westmore
- Weston
- West Rutland
- West Windsor
- Weybridge
- Wheelock
- Whiting
- Whitingham
- Williamstown
- Williston
- Wilmington
- Windham
- Windsor
- Winhall
- Winooski
- Wolcott — We drove through Johnson while out house hunting on January 5, 2006.
- Woodbury — We went house-hunting in Woodbury, and looked at a place on Wilbur Road we liked.
- Woodford
- Woodstock — We had dinner at the home of a co-worker of Sarah's in Septe mber 2006.
- Worcester — We drove through Worcester on the way back from the Guy's Farm & Yard in Morrisville and thought it was lovely.