Windham is a town in Windham County,

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, United States. The population was 449 at the 2020 census. The town center village is designated as the Windham Village Historic District.

History

Windham was part of Londonderry until after 1792 and was "duly organized" in 1796. The first settler of what was to become the village was Benjamin Pierce . Pierce was from

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. Being such a small and dispersed mountain village, relatively few men from Windham served with the

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during the

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. Windham County itself contributed heavily to manning the 4th Vermont Infantry and most of the village's sons joined Company C or K of that regiment. The regiment saw heavy combat throughout the war.Vermont in the Civil War
/ref> One of Windham's soldiers, Captain Charles G. Gould of Company H,

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, won the

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for bravery under fire.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of 26.1 square miles (67.7 km²), of which 26.1 square miles (67.5 km²) is land and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km²) (0.15%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 328 people, 150 households, and 91 families residing in the town. The

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was 12.6 people per square mile (4.9/km²). There were 354 housing units at an average density of 13.6 per square mile (5.2/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 96.04%

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, 0.30%

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, 0.30% Asian, 0.91% from other races, and 2.44% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.22% of the population. There were 150 households, out of which 21.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.0% were

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living together, 3.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.3% were non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.76. In the town, the population was spread out, with 19.2% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 22.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 115.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 117.2 males. The median income for a household in the town was $39,659, and the median income for a family was $41,786. Males had a median income of $27,500 versus $23,125 for females. The

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for the town was $20,704. About 2.2% of families and 6.3% of the population were below the

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, including 8.7% of those under age 18 and 4.9% of those age 65 or over.

References

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