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Rockingham is a town along the Connecticut River in Windham County, Vermont, United States.As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,832.Rockingham includes the incorporated villages of Bellows Falls and Saxtons River, as well as a large rural area west of Interstate 91.
The Western Australian State Register of Heritage Places, as of 2024, lists the following seven state registered places within the City of Rockingham.An eighth place, the Rockingham Hotel, was added to the State Register of Heritage Places in 2008 but removed again on 7 June 2011: [3]
Bellows Falls is an incorporated village located in the town of Rockingham in Windham County, Vermont, United States.The population was 2,747 at the 2020 census. [4] Bellows Falls is home to the Green Mountain Railroad, a heritage railroad; the annual Roots on the River Festival; [5] and the No Film Film Festival.
Bellows Falls is an incorporated village within the municipality of Rockingham in southeastern Vermont. It is located on the west bank of the Connecticut River, and was the site at which that river was first bridged, in 1785.
The 1852-built Bellows Falls station, circa 1915. The village of Bellows Falls was a transportation hub even before railroads: the 1785 construction of a bridge across the Connecticut River made it a stop for stagecoach lines, and the 1802 completion of the Bellows Falls Canal provided industrial power and a safe water route bypassing the nearby falls. [2]
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The Rockingham Village Historic District encompasses the traditional village center of the town of Rockingham, Vermont. Settled in the 18th century, the district, located mainly on Meeting House Road off Vermont Route 103 , includes a variety of 18th and 19th-century houses, and has been little altered since a fire in 1908.
The Great Falls gorge is the narrowest point along the whole river, so it was the site of the first bridge across the river, built by Colonel Enoch Hale in 1785. This bridge was replaced by the Tucker Toll Bridge in 1840, built 15 feet (4.6 m) above the old bridge; the old bridge had come close to being washed away in floods. [ 3 ]