We’ve collected a number of maps of Vernon, and we’d be happy to post any others you may discover — just email us with a link or PDF file!
NOTE: Large-format print versions of any of the maps below that were created by Windham Regional Commission may be obtained by contacting the commission.
Historic Highway Maps archive, 1931-present — At Vermont Agency of Transportation site. Select Vernon, click on map names, not metadata link. Some maps are PDF, some are TIF format. If you want metadata, click on that and it will appear at the bottom of the list.
Trails in Vernon — includes Town Forest, snowmobile trails, Fort Dummer trail, Class 4 (unmaintained) town roads, and legal town trails (former town roads on which the town has maintained a public right of way)
The Vermont Interactive Maps viewer can be used to explore Vernon (and the rest of Vermont) in minute detail. It provides access to multiple layers of information including parcel boundaries (and ownership/tax valuation information), elevation lines, land uses, soil conditions, etc.)
HISTORIC MAPS
Original lotting plan, 1777
Plan of the town of Vernon copied from the original survey of Phineas Munn A.D. 1777 at the request of Stebbins. Drawn by C.A. Hines A.D. Note: Vernon was originally (1672) part of Northfield Mass. then (1736) Fall Town (Fallstown) Mass. Hinsdale was created by a New Hampshire grant in 1753. Hinsdale was on both sides of the Connecticut River, including all of Vernon. With the separation of Vermont from New Hampshire, Hinsdale, Vermont and Hinsdale, N.H. were separate towns facing each other across the river. Hinsdale, Vermont was renamed Vernon in 1802. This map shows a portion of the 1753 New Hampshire grant.
