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Town Offices: Route 110, P.O. Box 6, Tunbridge, Vt. 05077
Town Clerk: Wendy McCullough, 889-5521, fax 889-3744
Town e-mail: towntun@innevi.com
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8 a.m.- noon and 1- 4 p.m., Wednesday 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Town Treasurer: Anne Howe, 889-5521
Select board: Douglas Giles, (chairman) 889-3748; Shane Craig, 889-9406; Jim Spaulding, 763-8803
Planning Commission: Shane Craig (chairman), Ted Hoyt, Jessie Mundell, Eleanor Sinkler, (meets the third Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.)
Orange County Sheriff: Sam Frank, 685-4875
State Police: Bethel barracks, 234-9933
Fire/Rescue Squad Dispatch: 685-4545
Constables: 911; Dan Mullen (first constable), 889-3240; John Durkee (second constable), 889-3408
Listers: Judy Lewis (chairwoman), Ben Wolfe, Helen O'Donnell
Auditors: Jim Wick, David Howe, Donna Nelson
Health Officer: John Bellefeuille, 685-3119
Town Agent: Larry Mengedoht, 889-3307
Road Foreman: Rodney Hoyt, 889-3319 (town garage)
Tunbridge Fairgrounds Events Information: Dana Goodnow, 889-3489
Tunbridge Historical Society: Euclid and Priscilla Farnham, 889-3458
Town Library: Route 110, P.O. Box 9; Jean Wolfe (librarian), 889-9404
Hours: Monday 6-8 p.m., Friday, 2-6 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
School Directors: Rodney Ackerman, 889-3244; Sharron Whitcomb; Fred Welch (meet the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the school library)
Tunbridge Central School: Bruce Bellemeur (principal), 889-3310
Year incorporated or chartered: 1761
Land area: 45 square miles
Percent private and public conserved lands: 0.1%
Population:
2000: 1,309
1990: 1,154
Number of families: 362
Average family size: 2.94
Income:
Per capita: $19,934
Median family income: $45,670
Median household income: $40855
Employment:
Residents working in community: 24.0%
Unemployment rate: 1.2%
Top five industries in which residents work:
1. Manufacturing, durable goods
2. Construction
3. Retail trade
4. Agriculture, forestry, fisheries
5. Educational services
Housing Units:
Owner occupied: 413
Renter occupied: 100
Vacant: 166
2001 Equalized tax rate: $1.80*
Full-time police department: No
Full-time fire department: No
Public schools:
Elementary: 1; enrollment: 150
High school: none
Tunbridge Village: The entire village, from Schoolhouse No. 1, a small brick building on a side road but visible from Route 110, to Schoolhouse No. 18, a small brick building just after the concrete bridge, a distance of 1.2 miles, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The fairgrounds are included.
Covered Bridges: Tunbridge has five public covered bridges that can be seen by driving on Route 110 -- Howe, Cilley, Mill, Larkin and Flint. The Flint Bridge is the oldest, built in 1874.
The Mill Complex: Opposite the Tunbridge Village Store, itself a historic building, this small group of buildings, constructed about 1820 on the bank of the First Branch of the White River was once a commercial center with a gristmill, sawmill, blacksmith shop and feed store.
Tunbridge World's Fair: Held the second weekend after Labor Day, it's “The Fair” to residents of Tunbridge and surrounding towns. The four-day event is one of the oldest agricultural fairs in the United States.
The Fairgrounds: Many other events take place here during the summer months -- horse shows, auctions, ox pulls, campers' gatherings, and more.
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