Rockingham, Vermont

Rockingham is a town along the Connecticut River in Windham County, Vermont, United States.

Rockingham includes the incorporated villages of Bellows Falls and Saxtons River, as well as a large rural area west of Interstate 91.

[4] One of the New Hampshire grants, it was chartered by Governor Benning Wentworth on December 28, 1752, and named for Lord Rockingham.

When the Town was first settled in 1753 by pioneers, its rivers were sites of fishing for salmon and shad,[5] as they had been for the original indigenous inhabitants.

[5] The village of Bellows Falls became an important mill town, which reduced the runs of palatable fish.

[6] The lowest point is on the Connecticut River at the southern boundary of town, at 73 m/240 ft elevation.

The Bellows Falls train station was once served by three rail lines, and today it has Amtrak service on the Vermonter route, with two trains a day, one heading south to Washington, DC and one heading north to St. Albans, VT.

Street scene, Rockingham Village, c. 1910
Bellows Falls Village, Rockingham, 1915
Rockingham Meeting House
Map of Vermont highlighting Windham County