Westminster (town), Vermont

Westminster is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States.

Westminster is Vermont's oldest existing town and was chartered in 1735 by the Province of Massachusetts Bay and was called New Taunton or Township Number One.

[5] It was the site of the Westminster massacre in March 1775, in which two men were killed attempting to prevent New York provincial officials from exerting their authority over the area in the long-running dispute over the New Hampshire Grants.

Amtrak's Vermonter passenger rail line runs through Westminster but does not stop in town.

The closest stations are Bellows Falls to the north and Brattleboro to the south.

24.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Map of Vermont highlighting Windham County