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"Any community containing thirty or more houses may, with the approval of the selectmen of the town, receive a separate village organization. Their officials are a clerk, five trustees, a collector of taxes and a treasurer". E. T. Howe, "Vermont Incorporated Villages: A Vanishing Institution", Vermont History 73, 16 (2005).
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The historic village core around the village green includes 93 contributing buildings in an area of 73 acres (30 ha). [5] Newbury Village is significant as a concentration of early 19th century architecture set around a traditional New England village green. [5] Classical Revival architecture is represented in the district. [6]
For many years prior to the 1860s Vermont had just one city, which was the city of Vergennes, incorporated in 1788. [3] As in most of New England, population is not a determination in what makes a city or a town in Vermont. Rather, cities are formed when a town's residents choose to switch from a town meeting form to a city form.
The Woodstock Village Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It includes the village center and additional properties along the Ottauquechee River. The district covers an area of 275 acres (111 ha) encompassing 95 buildings, sites, and structures that contribute to the historical significance of the area.
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The Middletown Springs Historic District encompasses most of the village center of Middletown Springs, Vermont.Oriented around the crossroads junction of Vermont Routes 140 and 133, the village has a well-preserved collection of mainly mid-19th century architecture, including a significant number of Italianate buildings.